THE SUPREME COURT yesterday handed down five-year jail terms to two former top executives of New Bangkok International Airport for rigging bids on the Suvarnabhumi Airport project back in 1996.
Overturning the Appeals Court's acquittal of Priti Hetrakul, then managing director, and his deputy at the time Pramual Hutasing, the Supreme Court found that the pair violated the law by inflating the reference price and inflicted huge damage on their organisation and the public.
The median bidding price to grade the airport construction site was raised from Bt10.86 billion to Bt12.20 billion.
Neither man was present at yesterday's sentencing and arrest warrants were issued for them.
The statute of limitations in enforcing the punishment is 10 years.
The Supreme Court commuted the jail term for Pramual to three years and four months in light of his helpful cooperation.
According to prosecutors and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which filed the case in November 2009, |both executives abused their authority when they invited bids on September 20, 1996, for landfills and site preparation.
Conspiracy to change median price
Priti appointed his deputy Pramual and six others to the bidding committee.
However, both Priti and Pramual from November 27-29 of that year conspired to change the median price significantly by producing a new document to replace the original one.
The six other committee members were not informed of the change.
In March 2011, the initial court ruled that both were guilty of the charges that they violated the law governing state officials' conduct.
Each defendant was given a five-year jail term, but the Appeals Court acquitted both defendants in 2013.
The prosecution appealed to the Supreme Court, which said there was solid evidence from the NACC that Priti played a role in this corrupt practice and that Pramual, as chairman of the bidding committee, along with Priti changed the terms of reference, even though the committee agreed to award the multibillion-baht contract to Italian Thai Development, which quoted Bt11.9 billion.
The grading contract was a major component of the Suvarnabhumi project. The new airport was opened in 2006.
THE SUPREME COURT yesterday handed down five-year jail terms to two former top executives of New Bangkok International Airport for rigging bids on the Suvarnabhumi Airport project back in 1996.Overturning the Appeals Court's acquittal of Priti Hetrakul, then managing director, and his deputy at the time Pramual Hutasing, the Supreme Court found that the pair violated the law by inflating the reference price and inflicted huge damage on their organisation and the public. The median bidding price to grade the airport construction site was raised from Bt10.86 billion to Bt12.20 billion.Neither man was present at yesterday's sentencing and arrest warrants were issued for them. The statute of limitations in enforcing the punishment is 10 years.The Supreme Court commuted the jail term for Pramual to three years and four months in light of his helpful cooperation. According to prosecutors and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which filed the case in November 2009, |both executives abused their authority when they invited bids on September 20, 1996, for landfills and site preparation. Conspiracy to change median pricePriti appointed his deputy Pramual and six others to the bidding committee.However, both Priti and Pramual from November 27-29 of that year conspired to change the median price significantly by producing a new document to replace the original one.The six other committee members were not informed of the change.In March 2011, the initial court ruled that both were guilty of the charges that they violated the law governing state officials' conduct.Each defendant was given a five-year jail term, but the Appeals Court acquitted both defendants in 2013.The prosecution appealed to the Supreme Court, which said there was solid evidence from the NACC that Priti played a role in this corrupt practice and that Pramual, as chairman of the bidding committee, along with Priti changed the terms of reference, even though the committee agreed to award the multibillion-baht contract to Italian Thai Development, which quoted Bt11.9 billion.The grading contract was a major component of the Suvarnabhumi project. The new airport was opened in 2006.
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