The Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) is collaborating with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) to proceed with lawsuits in opposition to people involved in the corruption surrounding the procurement of 500 million packing containers of rubber gloves value 112 billion baht in 2020.
PWO director Kriangsak Prateepvisut disclosed final week that the group is making ready to file civil and criminal lawsuits towards the offenders, following the NACC’s findings against 22 suspects last month. Among these accused are senior PWO officers allegedly involved within the gloves procurement corruption.
Backdoor to the PWO was estimated at 2 billion baht, excluding the interest that acting PWO director Rungroj Puttiyaphiwat and his associates allegedly colluded in withdrawing from the PWO’s bank account to pay a deposit to Guardian Gloves Co Ltd, according to Kriangsak.
During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Guardian Gloves received orders from the PWO to produce rubber gloves which have been in excessive demand. The PWO put down a 2 billion baht deposit for the order but never acquired any gloves. Consequently, the organisation has now cancelled the contract with the agency. reported Bangkok Post.
Kriangsak revealed that the NACC had previously frozen 550 million baht of the two billion baht in Guardian Gloves’ checking account and 33 rai of land. In addition, Amlo uncovered further assets, but the whole sum can’t be disclosed presently. The PWO intends to cooperate with both businesses to recover its property quickly, Kriangsak added. He additionally talked about that the tortious liability of state officials has been examined by the panel and might be submitted to the Finance Ministry to initiate a civil lawsuit..