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Anti-graft body calls on SRT to clarify Bang Sue station contract

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is waiting for more information from the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) about the latter’s 33-million-baht contract for a nameplate and logo redesign of Bang Sue Grand Station.

Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, the NACC secretary-general, said the agency has begun an inquiry into the project criticised for being costly and possibly using questionable selection methods for hiring a contractor.

He said the anti-graft agency initially found the procurement is not yet complete and has asked the SRT clarify a number of facts about the project.

Early reports said Unique Engineering and Construction Plc (Uniq) was hired for the redesign, which follows His Majesty the King renaming the station as “Krung Thep Abhiwat Central Terminal” in…

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