BANGKOK: Bangkok’s influential governor is being probed over a $1.1 million New Year light show, a state auditor said Wednesday, the latest graft scandal amid a junta effort to root out corruption.
Sukhumbhand Paribatra, a distant relative of Thailand’s respected royal family, has been criticised in recent months over a string of shady deals made by his administration. He and seven other senior city officials now stand accused of colluding with a private company they hired to set up a pricey light display outside city hall in December 2015.