Kriangsak plans to testify over gloves saga

Kriangsak Prateepvisut, director of the Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO), has revealed that a network of people — inside and outside of the PWO — took part in a corruption scheme in the procurement of rubber gloves worth 112.5 billion baht.

The director said he plans to testify on Tuesday on PWO’s rubber glove procurement project before the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) after it agreed on Thursday to investigate the matter and froze 2 billion baht in money the organisation had transferred to a private company.

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has already questioned up to seven PWO employees and submitted case dossiers to the NACC.

The PWO has prepared all testimonies and evidence, accusing 10 people, up to five of whom worked at the PWO, Mr Kriangsak said.

Some of the evidence, he claimed, pointed to a mastermind behind Pol Col…