Gloves come off in corruption caseThe Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) has fired three senior officials for alleged corruption in the purchase of 112.5-billion-baht worth of rubber gloves and ordered them to pay 2 billion baht compensation in damages. PWO director Kriangsak Prateepvisut will submit the result to the board meeting this month, Mr Jurin said. The PWO filed a complaint with the Department of Special Investigation last September regarding Pol Col Roongroj Phutthiyawat for authorising the deal with the Guardian Gloves company. At that time, Pol Col Roongroj defended the purchase, saying he only wanted to help increase the organisation's revenue since the PWO had not made a profit for five years. The PWO will also sue them for the return of their salaries since they allegedly committed the corruption scheme last August, Mr Jurin added.
