The department of special investigation will next week call on the national anti-graft agency to investigate suspects in an alleged 2.1-billion-baht embezzlement scam at the office of the welfare promotion commission for teachers and educational personal.
Pol Lt Col Pong-in intharakhoa,deputy chief of the dsi,said his agency will submit a list of suspect to the national anti-CorruptionCommission (NACC)and ask the agency to launch a probe into the scandal. A source said the list will include kasem klanying,president of the otep's welfare loan fund ,somsak thachai ,secretary-general of otep ,and some ex-board members who were allegedly involved. Police believe the embezzlement started in june 2011 when otep changed its fund regulations to automatically make the otep secretary-general the fund's president, while at the same time extending presidential tenure from four to six years ,said Pol Lt Co Pong-in.