PUBLISHED : 10 Nov 2023 at 05:00
The chairman of the Bang Pla tambon administrative organisation (TAO) in Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district and his secretary were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly demanding and taking a 2.3-million-baht bribe from a local firm
Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) police made the arrests after receiving a complaint from the firm in tambon Bang Pla that the bribe had been demanded by two high-level TAO officials in exchange for a land excavation and landfill permit.
Normally, the fee for a landfill permit is only 500 baht.
The firm had asked for the amount to be reduced to 2.3 million baht, which was agreed upon.
Armed with a video clip of the TAO officials demanding the money, the firm later filed a…
