Failed Phuket construction projects trigger corruption investigation

A number of failed Phuket construction projects have triggered a corruption investigation after being called into question by the STRONG Anti-Corruption Thailand Club.

The Phuket government information office has shared posts online by the group that detail projects that were meant to be completed years ago, despite millions of baht being spent on them.

According to The Phuket News, one of those projects is the Phuket Check Point at Tha Chatchai which has remained incomplete after six years. Another is that of the Phuket Rajabhat University which remains unfinished for 10 years with 495 million baht already being spent on the project.

The university building was originally intended to provide a venue to hold teaching courses but is now abandoned. Construction had begun in 2013 with about 199 million baht paid for the “first round” of construction. Three more rounds of funding…