Democrat's White Paper on Thaksin govt's alleged corruption
The Democrat Party is about to publish a book revealing 44 graft scandals involving deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his administrations during their five years in power, a deputy party leader said Thursday.
Alongkorn Pollabutr said the party would hand over the book to the Council for National Security, the Assets Examination Committee and Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to facilitate further investigation. About 10,000 copies in Thai and English would be distributed to the public, he added. The graft scandals claimed by the Democrats are divided into four categories:
Exploiting government policies to benefit businesses of the Thaksin family: Allowing the ExportImport Bank to loan Bt4billion to Burma Ordering the Board of Investment to exempt tax from the Bt16billion project of IPStar satellite Giving a Bt17billion reduction to iTV station for its concession granted by the government Cancelling import tax imposed on mobile phones Supporting the operation of lowcost airlines to benefit Thai AirAsia Encouraging spendingspree schemes to benefit Capital Ok Issuing an excise decree freeing mobilephone operators from paying concession fee Unfairly allocating shares of PTT Plc
Scandals involving construction of Suvarnabhumi Airport Bt2.6billion CTX bomb detector project Bt1.3billion roof construction Bt4billion concession for supplying electricity and operating airconditioning system Bt534million concession for providing trolleys Bt607million concession for collecting garbage Concession for operating restaurants for airport workers Cable pipeline project for IT system Bt5billion concession for operating security guards Bt100billion concession for managing commercial areas Bt3billion concession for providing limousines Bt26billion railway Airport Link project Bt3billion concession for operating the Novotel hotel
Giving privileges to Thaksin's relatives Bt3.2billion software concession of the Provincial Electricity Authority Concession of radiofrequencies operated in Suvarnabhumi Airport Bt1.3billion purchase of artillery for the Army Bt300million construction of car parks in Suvarnabhumi Airport Concession for advertising in Suvarnabhumi Airport Concession for advertising in Metro subway stations Chatuchak Plaza project under concession of the State Railway of Thailand Auction of Bt7.5billion solarhome project under the Provincial Electricity Authority and the Interior Ministry Bt73billion Shin CorpTemasek deal, in which no taxes were paid Controversial purchase of a plot of land from the Asset Management Corporation by Thaksin's wife Pojaman
Scandals involving Thaksin's ministers: Bt367million fertiliser scheme under the Agriculture and Cooperation Ministry Bt7billion epassport scheme Bt1.4 rubber plantation scam Bt1.9billion central food laboratory Computersystem concession of the Public Health Ministry Publicphone project under the ICT ministry, based on the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system Bt8billion concession of the ICT ministry for connecting 560,000 phone numbers Bt330million concession for construction of a hospital in Ratchaburi Bt6.7billion purchase of firefighting vans and equipment Bt2.6billion purchase of equipment for emergency operations Lowcost housing scheme Bt358million rice purchase scam Bt8billion construction project of drains around Suvarnabhumi Airport Bt3.5billion construction project of the Kwai Noi dam
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