On Tuesday, Teerakiat apologised to Deputy Premier and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan for speaking about the wristwatch scandal dogging Prawit, whose unusual wealth has been questioned after being spotted with more than 25 luxury timepieces. The education minister made the remarks while on a work trip in London last Friday. He also criticised the education minister for not being true to his word against corruption, noting that Teerakiat had been quick to apologise to Prawit. The politician said he would continue with the plan whether the education minister resigned or not. He claimed that Teerakiat owned 5,000 shares in Siam Cement Group Plc (SCG), 800 of which were bought shortly before he became the education minister last year.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 14, 2018 18:11 UTC