Suriya misses corruption probe
Former transport minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit yesterday postponed a meeting with the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) to discuss his alleged corruption in the purchase of CTX bomb-detection scanners for the new airport, claiming he was ill.
A lawyer for the former minister, Boonsong Termwat, said after explaining to the AEC that Suriya would testify on May 2. Former MP Anucha Nakasai, who is Suriya's secretary, said Suriya intended to meet the AEC but the former transport minister was "suffering from vertigo". He said Suriya had asked the AEC to postpone his testimony for three months. However, the AEC allowed only a 15-day delay. Meanwhile, former permanent secretary for justice Somchai Wongsawat, who is facing similar charges as a former member of Airports of Thailand Plc board of directors, reported to the AEC yesterday. Somchai, who is a brother-in-law of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said the purchase of the CTX bomb scanners was legal. - The Nation
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