No single urged to move away, company says
PUBLISHED: 30 Dec 2024 at 06: 04
The National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NAC ) disputes allegations that it has been manipulated into changing a commissioner to sway an investigation into the detention of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra in a police hospital.
NACC secretary-general Sarote Phuengramphan, who is also the company’s official, denied advocacy had taken place to change the director in charge of the case, as reported.
Jatuporn Prompan, an activist and former purple shirt leader, claimed during a live Facebook conversation on December 25 that Ekkawit Watchawanku had been pressured to resign as director in charge of the Thaksin hospital detention situation.
Mr. Sarote stated on Sunday that the NACC has approved the investigation and that the whole commission panel is in charge of it.
The NACC agreed earlier this month to look into officials who were alleged to have allowed Thaksin to spend time at the Police General Hospital ( PGH) rather than a prison.
Thaksin was detained in a hospital on the 14th ground of the hospital for around six months after being given an eight-year prison sentence in three cases before receiving aristocratic clemency, which reduced his sentence to one year. On February 18, he received a parole and was released from the PGH, and on August 31 he was finished serving his one-year jail sentence.
In response to allegations that Thaksin was sent to the PGH by representatives from the Department of Corrections and the doctor so he wouldn’t have to spend his time there, the committee made the decision to investigate the case. Thaksin was reportedly not severely ill, but he was given the option of a 180-day stay at the PGH.
The NACC claimed to have gathered sufficient information to conduct the investigation and that it had also chosen to move forward with the situation. According to the committee, the analysis would focus on 12 PGH and Department of Corrections leaders.
Mr. Jatuporn claimed in his Twitter conversation that Mr. Ekkawit was being lobbied to resign in favor of a different director.
The advocate speculated that a member of the commission was involved in the lobbying.
He claimed that Mr. Ekkawit, a former Supreme Court justice, assumed a significant part in the investigation and that campaigning was logical and appropriate to pursue his side of the story.
Although a change of director in charge does not stop in the case being dropped, it would at least wait the investigation, Mr Jatuporn said.
But, Mr Jatuporn said it was up to Mr Ekkawit if he would cave in to force.
” My information to NACC is merely this,” I said. The state had endured much tribulations. The organization must acknowledge that there are no tricks in the world, he said.