NCCC-OAG panel set to tackle 8 cases
The National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) will form a joint committee with the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) to complete a detailed report on eight cases of alleged corruption, mostly concerning the Thaksin Shinawatra administration, so that they can be submitted to the courts.
The decision came after the now-defunct Assets Examination Committee was told by the OAG that some of the paperwork on the cases was incomplete.
Klanarong Chathik, an NCCC member and spokesman, said seven of the cases in question were: the purchase of CTX bomb-detectors; the tax adjustment of telecommunication concessions that may have unfairly benefited Thaksin's former telecom empire; the construction of the Airport
Rail Link; the Ua Athorn housing scheme; the purchase of food
and agricultural testing equipment; the revision of state
contracts with Advanced Info Service, formerly owned by Thaksin; and the purchase of Manchester City Football Club by the ex-premier.
The only case not related to Thaksin is the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's order for fire trucks.
Various members of the NCCC have been assigned to the committee, including Klanarong.
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