Anti-Corruption Police arrested the Director-General of the Department of National Parks "Ratchada Suriyakul Na Ayutthaya" at a meeting of subordinates from all over the country. A search of the office found almost 5 million baht in cash, both on the desk and in the safe. accused of trading positions, transferring people under the numbers 500,000-1,000,000 baht and also iron monthly tribute as a percentage The person also gave a refusal to expose the background of "Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn", panting for complaint evidence. There is money to lure almost a hundred thousand. plus a sound clip of the negotiations The police are confident that there is evidence to prove their guilt. Warawut Silpa-archa, the minister, was shocked by the news of the police raiding and arresting the director-general of the National Park Service. Can I ask for details before dismantling or relocating?
Anti-Corruption Police arrested senior government officials at the meeting, revealed at Seub Nakhasathien Building, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Ministry of Resources.
Nature and the environment At 9:00 a.m. on December 27, there was a meeting of the National Park Service executives, with Mr. Ratchada Suriyakul Na Ayutthaya, Director-General of the National Park Service, as the chairman. Executives and high-ranking officials attended the meeting.
The atmosphere was bustling.
Because there are executives in the region and in the field, such as the director of the Office of Conservation Area Management (SorBor.) and the director of various parts of the National Park Service across the country.
give a gift basket
New Year to the President
Although earlier, Mr. Ratchada gave the policy
to executives and government officials that
Do not bring baskets or any gifts.
only greetings
During the executive meeting, it appeared that
Pol. Maj. Gen. Jaroonkiat Pankaew, head of the Anti-Corruption Commission, together with PACC and NACC officials, stormed into the meeting room, causing shock to those in the meeting room.
ready to invite Mr. Ratchada to talk
Amid the bewilderment of executives, government officials and NPS officials.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Jaroonkiat did not take long to talk to Mr. Ratchada.
Then asked to search Mr. Ratchada's office.
It appeared that about 5 million baht in cash was found, all of which were thousands of banks seized for inspection.
Mr. Ratchada denied and said that
Someone brought an envelope
But don't know what's inside.
ask for court
was accused of misdemeanor
“Being a member of the state legislative assembly
provincial council
Or a member of the municipal council called to receive or agree to accept the property.
or any other benefits for oneself
to act or not act in any position by
offensive
and an official
Perform or omit to perform duties wrongly and dishonestly.”
Mr. Jatuporn Buusphat, permanent secretary of the Royal Thai Army, said he was shocked when he saw the news.
Because previously the Ministry of Resources had just recently launched a campaign not accepting gift baskets during the New Year's Day. However, for the sake of fairness to all parties, a fact-finding committee was now set up to report results within 7 days. How did the results come out? service
Journalists reported on the atmosphere within the National Park Service that government officials and officials were shocked by the incident.
that happened a lot
Criticized that they did not think something like this would happen.
Later, at 2:00 p.m. in the meeting room on the 2nd floor of the Pracha Arak Building.
Suppression Division
Central Investigation Bureau (Bor Chor Kor.), Pol. Maj. Gen. Wiwat Chaisangkha, deputy commissioner, Pol. Chai Kasemmongkol, secretary-general of the NACC, and Mr. Phumwisan Kasemsuk, secretary-general of the NACC, jointly announced the details of the case.
Mr. Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, secretary of the NACC, said
The arrest of the aforementioned case stems from a National Park Service official complaining to the NACC that Mr. Ratchada had demanded monthly bribes in exchange for his former position.
or move to a better position
Failure to comply will result in unfair migration.
NACC together with the police
Investigating until found that there is truth.
Before planning for the victim to bring 98,000 baht in an envelope to give to Mr. Ratchada at 9:10 a.m. today, we have evidence in the envelope of money on the table and a recording clip of negotiating bribes before leading the arrest force.
A thorough search in the office found another 4.9 million baht in cash inside the safe, some of which were still in the envelope with the name specified.
From what happened and the evidence found
I believe that there are still many government officials who are forced to pay tribute.
After this will continue to expand.
“As for identifying the culprit, will it be timely for detention or not? I want to clarify whether
The investigating officer has the power to investigate according to the Criminal Code Act, but if it appears that
Having a government official commit an offense by malpractice will be the power of the Corruption Suppression and Misconduct Commission.
When someone complains, the investigator will gather evidence to make it clear that
enter the element of the offense
And send the case to the NACC within 30 days, but this is just an accelerated process because it may extend the results further.
As for the person willing to pay the bribe, is he guilty or not?
Most of them will be kept as witnesses.
The bail section
It is within the power of investigating officials.
NACC takes action
The detention power will be with the NACC. In this case, if the evidence is clear, we can expedite action.
within the detention period,” Mr. Niwatchai said.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Jaroonkiat Pankaew, head of the Anti-Corruption Commission, said that
From the preliminary interrogation, Mr. Ratchada testified that
Really received the envelope but didn't know that there was cash inside.
Because I haven't unpacked the envelope yet.
As for the money in the safe, the origin of the money has not been clarified.
The police will expand the investigation results.
Confident that there is evidence to deny
Mr. Phumwisan Kasemsuk, Secretary General of the PACC said that
To all government officials, don't tolerate and comply with the commander who behaves like this.
The civil servants who complained today are good examples.
If they find or know where to find clues, they can complain to relevant agencies to help solve corruption problems.
News reports that
Action plan to expose the case
started after Mr. Chaiwat
destiny
Director of the Office of Conservation Area 9 (Ubon Ratchathani) meets with investigators
Dept. of the Anti-Corruption Commission filed charges against Mr. Ratchada
after found that there was an abuse of authority in an inappropriate way
Bullying and transferring officials who do not pay lobbying money to positions far away from their domicile or residence.
to force them to pay for lobbying since
500,000-1,000,000 baht, as well as collecting behavior from the head of the field agency
Calculated according to the ratio from agencies that have been allocated budget, such as national parks.
Wildlife sanctuaries will collect 18.5 percent from the operating budget and expenses category.
Forest fire prevention unit 30 percent from the category of operating budgets and expenses
From the investigative approach, it is still believed that
In the past, there should have been many government officials under the affiliation willing to pay money to Mr. Ratchada.
in exchange for maintaining their position
because having a family
Because if being moved, the family will have to move as well, causing trouble
even if willing to pay for these lobbying
also have to agree to pay monthly as well
At Government House, Mr. Warawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (Thailand) revealed after the Cabinet meeting (Cabinet) about the arrest of Mr. Ratchada Suriyakul Na Ayutthaya that he had just heard the news while in the meeting room.
but still don't know the details
Must have the Permanent Secretary
MNRE reported in
Now I know only what the media reported.
But in this matter, the regulations of the government, including the law
What does the NACC say?
take action accordingly
The reporter asked
Have you ever heard of the action of the Director-General before?
Mr. Warawut said
Just heard the news this morning, quite shocked, but when it comes to legal proceedings
must go according to the law
Asked if there was a matter of trading positions as well, how to proceed?
Mr. Warawut said
since he took the position
Policy reiterated to ministry executives regarding positions
Please act in good faith
But when something like this happened, the permanent secretary
MNRE reiterates to civil servants about transparency
Do not trade positions
Ask if past migrations need to be overhauled.
Mr. Warawut said
This can't be answered.
I don't know how the details, regulations, and actions of the government are asking if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will consider changing the director-general at all or not.
Mr. Warawut said
If I'm not mistaken, the Deputy Permanent Secretary
or the Deputy Director-General is acting
As for the internal details, the permanent secretary must be consulted.
MNRE on how to proceed
Asked if the NACC detained the Director-General to the meeting room was considered too strong or not.
Mr. Warawut said
not different from other cases where
NACC takes action
But when it happened, people in the ministry were shocked enough.
Asked if this arrest was accompanied by evidence in hand.
Represents the blatantness of position trading.
Mr. Warawut said
Initial migration is carried out under the authority of the Director-General.
Because since he came to work at the department or ministry level
operated through the Permanent Secretary
MNRE according to the line of command
Matters within the Department are under the authority of the Director-General.
Ask if this matter is considered internal politics or not.
Mr. Warawut said
Let's say that traditionally