Investigation into Potential Corruption in Government Procurement Projects
There are concerns of corruption and lack of transparency in the government procurement process, specifically related to Mr. Praveen Chanklai or Kamnannok’s businesses. These businesses operate in the construction contracting industry and are involved in manufacturing and selling asphalt concrete. Under the companies P. Pattanarungroj Construction Co, Ltd and P. Raweekanok Construction Co, Ltd, they have undertaken numerous non-residential building construction projects worth billions of baht.
From 2011 to the present, these companies successfully bid for 1,544 projects from government agencies, totaling over 7.5 billion baht. The suspicion arises from two contracts with significant amounts of 30 million baht each: the bids for the construction of Highway No. 375, Line Or Don Tum – Lam Luk Bua Sub-District, and Highway No. 375, Lam Luk Bua Sub-District – meeting Highway No. 346. These contracts are being investigated for potential violations of fair price competition and transparency in the bidding process.
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is currently conducting a detailed investigation into these allegations, as reported by various news sources. On September 15, a high-ranking source from the Ministry of Justice informed the “Daily News Reporter” that the evidence is currently being examined. The DSI has received relevant documents from the Highways Department and themselves and will summon 58 companies that participated in the bidding process as witnesses from September 18 to September 20. The DSI aims to determine if any corruption or improper handling of the auction occurred.
It has been alleged that the companies involved agreed to pay fees for bid envelopes but did not participate in the actual auction process. This raises suspicions of foul play and calls into question the integrity of the entire procurement system. The investigation team, led by Police Lieutenant Colonel Surawut Rangsai, Director of the Crimes Division, has divided into two teams to question relevant individuals.
DSI’s initial database includes 20 projects applied for by Kamnan Nok Company in 2011, with budgets over 30 million baht. However, further reports suggest the possibility of additional projects in the same category. Additionally, projects with budgets exceeding 20 million baht may undergo parallel examinations to ensure complete scrutiny. Two specific projects, the bidding project for the construction of Highway 375, Don Tum District – Lam Luk Bua Sub-District, and the bidding project for the construction of Highway 375, Lam Luk Bua Sub-District – meeting Highway No. 346 will receive extra attention in the coming week, alongside the ongoing inspection of the previously mentioned 20 projects.
In light of these developments, the Central Investigative Police working group has coordinated with the DSI to exchange information and investigate similar cases of suspected corruption in government procurement projects. This collaboration aims to optimize the available resources and improve the effectiveness of the investigations. Additionally, the DSI has been receiving multiple calls from concerned citizens who have identified potential corruption in various projects across the country, indicating a widespread issue that extends beyond the Kamnan Nok project.
In the case of Mr. Praveen Chanklai or Kamnannok, there are many businesses in the network that offer and receive work from many government agencies in many states. It operates a construction contracting business, manufacturing and selling asphalt concrete. Construction of non-residential buildings It is worth several billion baht under 2 companies, namely P.Pattanarungroj Construction Co, Ltd and P.Raweekanok Construction Co, Ltd. Found from 2011-present The two companies won bids from government agencies for 1,544 projects with a total value of more than 7.5 billion baht, of which there were 2 projects with contract amounts as high as 30 million baht, namely the bidding project for the construction of Highway No. 375, Line Or Don Tum – Lam Luk Bua Sub-District and the bidding project for the construction of Highway No. 375, Lam Luk Bua Sub-District – meets Highway No. 346, where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that there is a contract with the government sector has been committed without transparency. Has characteristics that can be considered a collective agreement when offering for the purpose of entering into a contract with the state by avoiding fair price competition. or by suspending an offer which is not in the ordinary course of business. Which is currently being investigated in detail by the DSI. As it has been continuously presented in the news
On September 15, “Daily News Reporter” received a progress report from a high-ranking source in the Ministry of Justice who learned from the special investigation team that Currently, the evidence is being examined. Various documents have been received from the Highways Department and DSI itself Then you will have to wait from Monday, September 18th to Wednesday, September 20th, where they will gradually travel to testify as witnesses to 58 companies that have submitted applications for 2 good projects. SI has initially detected whether there is corruption or not. conduct related to organizing the auction or not.
Because all this has been agreed to pay the fee for buying the bid envelope, but on the day of the auction, the e-bid envelope is opened and disappears and does not participate in the process. It is expected that 20 companies per lot will be given evidence per day. In addition, the Hua Auction Litigation Division has divided the investigation team into 2 teams to be questioned, divided into an investigation team of the Director of the Sub- section of Crimes concerning bidding against government agencies 2 and the investigation team of the Director of the Section of Crimes Related to Bidding to Government Agencies 3, but Police Lieutenant Colonel Surawut Rangsai, Director of the Crimes Division which Dealing with Proposals to Government Agencies. He is the head of the investigation team. And if no company requests an extension to the time to postpone the appointment to give evidence. It will be completed in three days, but it is also possible that the DSI will find more than two such projects that have been auctioned off. which the investigating officer must examine in detail
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The source further revealed that DSI originally had a database of 20 projects that Kamnan Nok Company had applied for procurement from the government, namely projects with a budget of more than 30 million baht throughout the year 2011. Currently, in addition, he has received a report from the investigation team You may find other Kamnan Nok projects with budgets of more than 30 million baht as well. In addition, in the case of projects with a budget of more than 20 million baht, additional examinations may be required in parallel. Within the next week, DSI will receive two projects: a bidding project for the construction of Highway 375, Don Tum District – Lam Luk Bua Sub-District, and a bidding project for the construction of Highway 375, Lam Luk Bua Sub-District – meeting Highway No. 346 special first. But there will be parallel inspections of the 20 projects as before.
When asked if the Central Investigative Police working group had met or requested information from the DSI as they were also investigating the government procurement project, the source said they had received that report on September 13th. There were representatives from the Central Bureau of Investigation working group. Met with the Director of the Major Auction Cases Division. The police have coordinated to request some information about various projects that DSI has. Where there was an exchange of recommendations on how to make a case to investigate the auction scam. The circumstances of the crime Which features will be wrong? It is considered to be a transfer of information and working methods between the two organisations. If there is any set of data that each section is going to store data. and it can be shared together, it will be coordinated in the future as well. Since the DSI has inspected the Kamnan Nok auction house project, it seems that there have been a number of phone calls from citizens to the DSI helpline 1202. many They come to identify and provide clues about various procurement projects across the country that are considered to show signs of corruption. It is not just a Kamnan Nok project.
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