The Department of Special Investigations (DSI) has leveled charges against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s (BMA) executives and threatened to level charges against incumbent governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra. Democrat leaders are describing the charges as a politically motivated attack, meant to arouse suspicion about Sukhumbhand prior to February’s gubernatorial election.
The Nation reported earlier today that the DSI had accused the BMA’s executives of illegally operating the BTS sky train system. No word has been offered as of yet regarding what charges the DSI will bring against Sukhumbhand.
Democrat leaders have vowed to stand behind Sukhumbhand as their candidate for Bangkok’s governorship, despite the charges.
Executives from the BMA have also denied any wrongdoing.
“[The sky train] project has been checked and approved by the company’s and the BMA’s legal departments as well as the Bangkok City Council, including 200 academics, who spent three years looking at every detail,” said Amorn Kitchawengkul, managing director of the company charged with operating the BTS system.
The DSI has not yet announced the date on which it will reveal its charges against Sukhumbhand.
