PCD looks to reopen fight over Klong Dan case
The Pollution Control Department has filed a petition with the Central Administrative Court, asking it to reconsider the corruption-riddled Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant case, saying it has “new evidence” with which to reopen the legal fight. Pittaya Pramotepeerapan, director of PCD’s legal division, said the department recently petitioned the court to ask for the case to be reconsidered, citing a ruling of the Criminal Court which handed down jail sentences to officials from three departments for their involvement in the Klong Dan project. In 2014 the Supreme Administrative Court ordered the PCD to pay 9.8 billion baht to NVPSKG consortium for unlawful termination of its contract to build the facility in Klong Dan, Samut Prakan, when the project was nearly finished. The department scrapped the contract after the project became mired in irregularities including illegal land acquisition. In December 2015, the Criminal Court sentenced three senior PCD officers to 20 years in prison for malfeasance and dereliction of duty in connection with a corrupt deal to buy land for the project.
