"The Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court Friday refused to issue an injunction to suspend payments to the Austrian supplier embroiled in a fire-vehicle scandal.
The sixth instalment is due on Monday.The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration asked the court to issue an injunction to allow it to suspend the sixth payment pending a judicial review whether the contract with the Austrian supplier, Steyr Daimler Puch could be annulled.
The court reasoned that the evidence produced by the BMA during the emergency hearing Thursday was not strong enough for establishing a proof of foul play that warranted the suspension of the remaining payments."
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Court punts on fire truck scandal
Started by TheYenta, Aug 07 2009 05:52 PM
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Posted 08 August 2009 - 04:24 PM
It looks like the brave politicians in Bangkok have decided to kick this hot potato to the courts, which they will no doubt blame as they continue to pay money on a contract which the anti-corruption commission has already found to have been corrupt. Is this the blind leading the blind - or the corrupt covering up for the corrupt. No matter, it's a disgrace by any reasonable standard.
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Posted 10 August 2009 - 09:46 AM
What I don't understand is why the Thais keep making the payments on a contract that the corruption commission says was corrupted. The court may have refused for lgela reasons to stop the payment with an injunction but that doesn't mean that the government should go ahead and volunteer to pay the money, does it ?
