The Special Case Committee caused outrage among Democrat MPs today by allowing the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to investigate the extension of the Skytrain concession by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
Krungthep Tanakom (KT), the company in charge of the Skytrain operation and other BMA-hosted services, said it would today lodge a petition with PM Yingluck Shinawatra along with detailed documents showing transparency behind the Skytrain concession.
The BMA and certain Democrat MPs, including Sakolthee Phatthi-yakul, accused the DSI of working together with the Pheu Thai party to find faults within the Democrat Party according to The Nation.
DSI director-general Tarit Pengdith believes the Skytrain case has been tainted by the involvement of high ranking officials.
“We can assume that the case has been exploited by influential figures, who have been intimidating even DSI agents and the committee,” he said.
KT managing director Amorn Kijchawengkul said if the DSI takes on the Skytrain case, legal action would be brought against it and KT staff would dress in black in protest.
The Committee was also considering giving the DSI power over land encroachment on the Prachin Buri section of Khao Yai National Park, a government-regulated pawn scheme for rice husks, East Water’s donation to a Democrat-run flood relief centre, and the disposal of chemical waste in Lop Buri’s Nong Ree area.
