Agents to question two over Crown Property Bureau case
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published : 14 Dec 2020 at 05:00 Sakulthorn: Will not be summonsed yet
The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) will summons two men convicted in a bribery case involving the Crown Property Bureau (CPB) for questioning after learning that they were released from prison this month, according to a CSD source.
Prasit Aphaiphoncharn, a former Crown Property Bureau official, and Surakit Tangwithoowanich, will be questioned as witnesses after saying they had received bribes from Sakulthorn Juangroongruangkit, CEO of Real Asset Development and a younger brother of politician Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, co-founder of the Progressive Movement.
Both men were sentenced to three years in jail in November last year by the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases for taking bribes from Mr Sakulthorn and fabricating documents.
11 12 2020
PPT has no idea of the connection between Thanathorn and Sakulthorn Juangroongruangkit apart from the fact that they are brothers. Clearly, though, the House’s committee on law and justice, dominated by the Palang Pracharath Party, reckon they can get some political advantage by summoning “a public prosecutor in for questioning to find out why the department did not indict Sakulthorn … for his involvement in a case in which two people were jailed for taking bribes.”
We are more interested in the agency involved. One of the two convicted “was an official from the Crown Property Bureau…”. The report adds: