PUBLISHED: 15 Mar 2025 at 05: 28
Anutin Charnvirakul, the interior minister, stated on Friday that he was not under any pressure to set up an inquiry panel to look into allegations involving the purchase of a contentious Social Security Office ( SSO ) building.
According to him, the board was set up at the demand of Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn to investigate claims made by Rukchanok Srinork, a People’s Party MP for Bangkok, that the SSO purchased the SKYY9 Centre on Rama IX Road for a sum of 7 billion baht despite its claimed review rate of 3 billion ringgit.
” We adhere to rules. We don’t do it because we are under strain, according to Mr. Anutin, who also serves as a deputy prime minister.
Boonsong Thapchaiyut, the latest permanent secretary for labor, was the SSO’s secretary-general at the time of the purchase.
The official in charge of the investigation may hold the same rate, according to Mr. Anutin, in order for there to be a smooth investigation.
Marasri Jairangsee, the SSO’s existing secretary-general, reported on Tuesday that the SSO had made an investment in the building through the Secret Equity Trust, a program administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
She claimed that the building’s price was determined by two separate SEC algorithms. More than 7 billion ringgit were given by both algorithms.