Former mouthpiece Democrat Party head Witoon Nambutr could face prosecution just for allegedly demanding 30 million baht in kickbacks related to a state utility construction project in 2013 and 2014, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) says.
NACC secretary-general Niwatchai Kasemmongkol said the other day the commission discovered grounds to the allegations against Mr Witoon, a former Democrat MEGA-PIXEL for Ubon Ratchathani, when he served as a member of a House committee scrutinising price range bill for 2014. Further details is going to be provided, Mr Niwatchai said. An NACC source said the particular commission could cost Mr Witoon plus four others along with malfeasance and for demanding 30 million baht in kickbacks related to the utility building project.
The NACC determined that this constituted a violation of Section 149 and Section 157 of the Felony Act and Section 123/1 of the Anti-Corruption Act, the source said.
Mr Witoon served quickly as social growth and human safety minister in the Abhisit Vejjajiva government through December 2008 to February 2009, yet resigned after this individual was implicated within a case that saw rotten canned fish distributed to overflow victims in Phatthalung.
This individual quit the Liberal Party in The month of january last year. Mr Witoon said he experienced he was unappreciated so he saw no reason to be around a party that had overlooked your pet.
The particular resentment apparently began before the 2019 general election — when he was still deputy party leader.
Based on him, he anticipated to be placed at the top of the party-list. However , he was 40th on the list and knew straight away that he had a near-zero chance of getting elected.