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NACC charges 33 officials with graft

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has charged 33 people, including a former director of the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the CEO of Land and Houses, with corruption over the Park Ville Rom Klao project.

Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, NACC secretary-general, said on Thursday the NACC had found grounds that former NHA director Kritsada Raksakul, Land and Houses CEO Anant Asavabhokhin and dozens of NHA officials committed malfeasance in office and corruption in the purchase of land for the Romklao Community Housing and Community Services Project.

He said an investigation showed that the now-defunct National Council for Peace and Order, which was acting as the cabinet on Aug 26, 2014, approved an investment plan for several projects, including Park Ville Rom Klao.

Later, a handful of villagers and land brokers applied to purchase 1,040 square metres of…

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