BANGKOK: A former deputy transport minister in the Thaksin Shinawatra administration has denied playing a role in the bribery scandal involving Thai Airways International (THAI) and Rolls-Royce Plc of the UK as Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) this week kicks off its plan to question two former ministers and 24 others in connection with the controversial case.
Vichet Kasemthongsri, deputy transport minister of the Thaksin government in 2003, said he was surprised to be named as one of the 26 persons of interest who will be invited by the NACC for questioning in connection with the bribery scandal which took place in 2004 and 2005.
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