Pheu Thai insists it will not be indifferent to the Di Icon issue, tells Palang Pracharath Party not to throw the blame

Pheu Thai Party spokesman insists the government is not indifferent about the Icon Group, stating that the Palang Pracharath Party spokesman should not throw the issue of evading responsibility. Mr. Danupon Punnakan, MP for the party list and spokesman for the Pheu Thai Party, mentioned the press conference of the Palang Pracharath Party, which referred to The Icon Group Company and revealed the initials of politicians who may be involved, saying that the Pheu Thai Party did not remain indifferent. It has searched for information and done its homework to find out what happened. He emphasized that the Pheu Thai Party, Ms. Paethongtarn Shinawatra, the Prime Minister, Mr. Phumtham Vejjayachai, the Deputy Prime Minister, and those involved, as the government, we did not remain indifferent. The Prime Minister has ordered all relevant parties to go and take care of the people who have been damaged. As for the abbreviations, this happened when the previous parliament, which at that time admitted that there was an MP from the Pheu Thai Party, Mr. Mana Lohawanich, former MP for Chaiyaphum of the Pheu Thai Party, as the chairman of the House of Representatives Consumer Protection Committee, and Ms. Manoporn Charoensri, Deputy Minister of Transport, who was the chairman of the subcommittee at that time, had already announced the news. For the abbreviation S., which is linked to Mr. Yuranunt Phommanutree or Boss Sam, who was a candidate for MP of the Pheu Thai Party and was accused and prosecuted, Mr. Yuranunt has been out of the Pheu Thai Party since January 26, 2022, which is about 3 years ago. As for the initials K., which has been linked to Mr. Akkharat Nitiphon, the host of the program "Young Millionaire" who is a candidate for the Pheu Thai Party's Bangkok MP, I have already asked and learned that Mr. Kong did the program and interviewed the executives of The Icon Group on February 13, 2021 before applying for membership in the Pheu Thai Party. Mr. Danupon reiterated that the Pheu Thai Party is not indifferent. He knows that the Palang Pracharath Party spokesman, a political newcomer who has retired from government service, is not aware of the working process of the House, especially the committees. He understands that the reason he came out to speak like this is definitely to deflect responsibility from the party. He must also know that the meeting of the parliament and MPs resolved to send the case of The Icon Group to the House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Anti-Money Laundering and Narcotics for consideration for 90 days. Today, the first meeting has already begun. As the vice chairman of this committee, even though some members of the Palang Pracharath Party have resigned, I have inquired with the police, the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO), and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), and learned that even if someone resigns, they cannot escape guilt. I confirm that the AMLO committee is closely monitoring the situation and will punish all those who are guilty in this case, even if they ha ve resigned. However, once the crime has been completed and while they were party members, they cannot evade responsibility. When asked if Pheu Thai would take any action, Mr. Danupon said that we must clarify, but as for the legal issue of how to proceed, he admitted that there had been no discussions about this yet. However, as the leading party in forming the government and being the government, we must inform everyone of what Pheu Thai is doing today, what the Prime Minister is doing, and everyone involved is doing their duty strongly to help the people as soon as possible. For the case of the politician S. Suea who is linked to the senior figures in the Pheu Thai Party, I believe that no matter who they are or which party they are in, if they are guilty of this crime, it will be very difficult to defend because it is a point of interest to society. It is an issue that has damaged almost 10,000 people and the value of the damage may be as high as 10 billion baht. This is a big issue. If it is related to anyone, even if they have resigned, I am afraid that they will not be able to avoid responsibility. As for the observation that the real angel may be in the Pheu Thai Party, Mr. Danupon said that the Palang Pracharath Party spokesperson should go and look at his own party or not because what came out from the audio clip was the closeness to the party leader. He really did not know whether the angel would be in the Pheu Thai Party or the Palang Pracharath Party, but if listening to the audio clip, he believed that it was unlikely to come to his party. Source: Thai News Agency