The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is looking into a claim that a public works official extorted 300,000 baht from a contractor, a source said.
The source said the issue was raised by Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt at a meeting of executives from the BMA’s 50 district offices on Thursday.
During the meeting, he referred to complaints about a lack of transparency among BMA officials as he stressed the need for all district office directors to take a proactive approach in dealing with the problem,…