They claimed the payment was deemed necessary when they were told they had failed to meet the conditions for discharging cargo. One of these would be the Rolls-Royce scandal that erupted in the wake of action by the UK Serious Fraud Office. In July of last year, the NACC conceded to the media its probe into the Rolls-Royce scandal "has found no link to any Thai politicians". The findings were not from the NACC but from the work of active netizens using a cloud-sourcing technique. More than 12 months after the saga first came to light, the NACC still cannot present its findings.

Source: Bangkok Post December 26, 2018 21:33 UTC