Officials fired for subsidy rort
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Payments diverted to private accounts
published : 18 Apr 2021 at 04:00
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Two education officials have been fired for embezzling subsidies meant for private schools in Bangkok and Narathiwat, with six others in the deep South province are under investigation for negligence of duties, says the Education Ministry.
The investigations were announced by Deputy Education Minister Kanokwan Vilawan in a virtual press conference which was attended by education permanent secretary Supat Champathong, Atthapol Truektrong, secretary-general of the Office of Private Education Commission (Opec) and other Opec executives.
According to Ms Kanokwan, the officials were expelled after Opec launched an investigation into irregularities in subsidy transfers for some 20 privately-run schools in Bangkok and Narathiwat and found almost 16 million baht unaccounted for.