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PWO collaborates with NACC and Amlo for lawsuits over rubber glove corruption scandal

Picture courtesy of The Nation.

The Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) is collaborating with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) to proceed with lawsuits against individuals involved in the corruption surrounding the procurement of 500 million boxes of rubber gloves worth 112 billion baht in 2020.

PWO director Kriangsak Prateepvisut disclosed last week that the organization is preparing to file civil and criminal lawsuits against the offenders, following the NACC’s findings against 22 suspects last month. Among those accused are senior PWO officials allegedly involved in the gloves procurement corruption.

The initial damage to the PWO was estimated at 2 billion baht, excluding the interest that acting PWO director Rungroj Puttiyaphiwat and his associates allegedly colluded in withdrawing from the PWO’s bank account to pay a…

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