Serial petitioner Srisuwan Janya, who’s going through an extortion cost, is claiming that he’s being arrange as a result of he might need “stepped on any person’s toe” in his relentless campaign towards corruption in authorities forms.
Srisuwan and two associates, Yotwarit Chuklom and Pimnattha Jiraputthipark, a former election candidate of United Thai Nation celebration, have been charged with trying to extort 1.5 million baht from Rice Division Director-Normal Natthakit Khongthip, in trade for not exposing his alleged corruption associated to the rice manufacturing value discount program.
All three suspects have been launched on 400,000-baht bail late final night time.
After being questioned for about 9 hours, following his arrest yesterday afternoon, Srisuwan denied that he had extorted cash from Natthakit, as he defined to the media that he threw away the bundle, which his spouse had discovered on the entrance gate of his home and located it to comprise money.
He admitted that he was shocked by the police raid on his home, however was not demoralised, as a result of he has already been sued quite a few instances. “Strolling within the rain will get you moist,” he mentioned, including that he might need stepped on any person’s toe in the middle of his efforts to reveal corruption.
The serial petitioner mentioned he is able to defend himself in court docket and vowed to proceed his anti-corruption campaign.
Yotwarit, a political aide to Deputy Prime Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, insisted on his innocence, clasiming that he had performed nothing mistaken.
Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, secretary-general of the Nationwide Anti-Corruption Fee, instructed the media late final night time that Natthakit lodged a criticism with the NACC earlier this month, accusing Srisuwan and his two associates of demanding three million baht from him, however the quantity was ultimately bargained right down to 1.5 million baht, with the primary instalment of fifty,000 baht already paid in December.
