(File photo)The government Thursday reiterated its defence against claims that last week's 20.9-million-baht chartered flight to the Asean-US defence meeting in Hawaii was exorbitant. Lt Gen Sansern said earlier information had misled the public. The arrangement of the Hawaii trip conformed to regulations on procurement of supplies of the Prime Minister's Office that have been in effect since Aug 11, 2013, Lt Gen Sansern said. The regulations require that the median price of a procurement worth more than 100,000 baht be announced to the public, Lt Gen Sansern said. The fact that the government disclosed the median price of the Hawaii trip to the public was proof of its intention to maintain transparency, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post October 06, 2016 22:07 UTC