A former monk, arrested with two others for allegedly embezzling 180 million baht from Wat Pha Dhammakiri in Nakhon Ratchasima during his tenure there, denied the charge during police questioning.
Whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit is now claiming that a problematic 6-million-baht cash donation was a gift from a friend in the massage parlour business and did not come from an associate of an allegedly corrupt police officer, investigators say.
Former politician turned whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit handed over a problematic 6-million-baht cash donation to Crime Suppression Division (CSD) officers yesterday after a high-profile lawyer claimed the money was from shady sources.
Three people have been charged with duping a senior police officer into paying them almost 6 million baht in exchange for a promise he would get promoted to a higher rank.