PHUKET: Arrests are likely to follow a ruling by an investigating committee that the chanote land title for a valuable property at Phuket's Freedom Beach was obtained corruptly using falsified documents.
After a two-month investigation, the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Senate ruled that 13 people had played a role in the chain of corruption.
A former Phuket Governor, a lawyer who works on Phuket and a senior Region 8 policeman were the three key people involved in legitimising the claim to ownership of the 65 rai property, valued at four billion baht, on behalf of a rich man from the province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, the committee ruled.
It is believed corrupt payments amounting to 200 million baht changed hands, the committee agreed on Thursday at a meeting in Bangkok.
Freedom Beach, decorating a secluded bay south of Phuket's west coast capital of Patong, is usually reached only by sea.
It has remained undeveloped as most other Phuket beaches have been subjected to huge rises in property prices and development.
After a two-month investigation, the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Senate ruled that 13 people had played a role in the chain of corruption.
A former Phuket Governor, a lawyer who works on Phuket and a senior Region 8 policeman were the three key people involved in legitimising the claim to ownership of the 65 rai property, valued at four billion baht, on behalf of a rich man from the province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, the committee ruled.
It is believed corrupt payments amounting to 200 million baht changed hands, the committee agreed on Thursday at a meeting in Bangkok.
Freedom Beach, decorating a secluded bay south of Phuket's west coast capital of Patong, is usually reached only by sea.
It has remained undeveloped as most other Phuket beaches have been subjected to huge rises in property prices and development.
A phuket governor, a lawyer, a senior policeman fiddling the books, who would imagine such corruption for a big secret pay out, shock horror!
Posted by traveller on May 7, 2012 16:24