TOKYO: A former executive of Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Inc on Friday denied involvement in bribing a senior Thai civil servant in connection with expediting a power plant project in 2013. “I have not provided money in conspiracy” with the two, Uchida told the Tokyo District Court in his first hearing. The other executives — Fuyuhiko Nishikida, 63, and Yoshiki Tsuji, 57 — admitted to the bribery allegation during their trial in December. The Yokohama-based company was awarded a 30-billion-baht contract by the government in February 2013 to supply the machinery for the 5,300-megawatt gas-fired power plant in the southern province. Under the plea bargain, MHPS escaped indictment in exchange for its cooperation with the investigation and trials by providing necessary documents.

Source: Bangkok Post January 11, 2019 11:37 UTC