Agriculture Minister orders a probe into flood money distribution
Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Theera Wongsamut has ordered an urgent probe into the money distribution to flood victims following complaints of fraud.
The Minister has assigned the Department of Agricultural Extension director-general to take charge of the investigation aimed at searching for officials demanding commission for the distribution of assistance budget.
Theera said he personally believed that the Ministry’s civil servants were not involved in the fraud. Irregularities could have occurred in the final process of the cash distribution. Still, he admitted that some public officials were unscrupulous. The Minister added that officials of this type would be held accountable for their actions.
BANGKOK 4 October, 2011 (NNT) - Reporter : Vipaporn Pooritanasarn
News Date : 04 October 2011
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