The Office of Auditor-General said he wanted to give it another try in the effort to hold the authorities accountable for wasting millions of baht on bogus bomb detectors sold by a British conman.
Five years since it came to light that more than one billion baht was spent on fake devices, a renewed call to hold someone accountable has come days after a British court seized assets belonging to the Briton behind the international scam.
The government’s auditor in chief says he has asked officials to look into the multi-million baht purchases again and see what can be done about it.
“I will also present this issue to the meeting at the Office of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission,” Auditor-General Pisit Leelavachiropas told Isra News on Sunday.
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