CCTV Thamarak pics: Hunt for culprits goes on
Defence permanent secretary General Sirichai Thanyasiri said yesterday he was close to finding the "culprits" who leaked pictures from closedcircuit TV cameras of an alleged meeting about funding small parties to run in the April 2 election.
"I expect to receive a factfind¬ing report identifying culprits in the next few days," Sirichai said. The controversy surrounding the pictures hit the media spotlight last week after Democrat Party sec¬retarygeneral Suthep Thaugsuban presented them as evidence at a court hearing. The pictures were recorded on CCTV installed in the corridors leading to the office of caretaker Defence Minister Thamarak Isarangura. They showed Thamarak con¬versing with the leader of a small party allegedly bankrolled by the Thai Rak Thai Party to contest the April 2 election. Thamarak denied any wrong¬doing, saying the pictures were doctored to frame him. He also ordered Sirichai to launch an inves¬tigation into the matter. Sirichai said the investigative report would determine the iden¬tity of relevant defence officials and employees of a security company charged to do a test run of the CCTV. He said he would decide on penalties after studying the report. The pictures were classified and culprits responsible for the leak were liable to face disciplinary and criminal proceedings, he said. The Nation
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