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Suvarnabhumi's construction embarrasment of country: Tortrakul
A director of the Airports of Thailand Plc said the massive corruption in the construction of the Suvarnabhumi International Airport had embarrassed the country in the eyes of foreign engineers.
The director, Tortrakul Yommanak who is investigating corruption and problems at the new airport, was speaking during the Siam This Morning programme broadcast on Channel 5 at 6:15 am Friday.Interviewed by Nation Group editor Thepchai Yong, Tortrakul said he felt very embarrassed when talking about the issue with foreign engineers. He said the massive corruption was definitely known to people or firms involved during the design or construction but no one talked about it. "The corruption disease spread like when one was bitten by a vampire, he or she turned into another vampire and bit other people more," Tortrakul said, when Thepchai asked he felt embarrassed when talking to foreign engineers regarding the Suvarnabhumi fiasco. Tortrakul compared the problems regarding the cracks at the runways and taxiways at the airport like a millionaire being fooled to buy poor-quality goods. "I feel sad. It was like we are a millionaire. Other millionaires bug good-quality products but we got fake goods. Had this been involved a millionaire, he would have suffered alone. But the country was cheated so it was embarrassing to the country. It is embarrassing in the eyes of visiting foreigners and Thais [who use the airport]," Tortrakul said. He said the partial repair of the runways could cost more than Bt300 million. The Nation
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