PM defends wife on graft claimPrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha during a censure debate in the parliament, Bangkok. (Photo by Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has defended his wife, Naraporn, who the opposition accused of being linked to irregularities in the deal to install a biometric system for the Immigration Bureau. On the third day of the censure debate on Wednesday, Gen Prayut said his wife had nothing to do with the deal as claimed by Pheu Thai MP Wisarn Techatheerawat. Mr Wisarn said the biometric project, with a median price set at 1.7 billion baht, had initially been launched in 2016, but scrapped because there were no bidders. Her name has been abused many times," he said, adding "my wife has always warned to never engage in corruption".

Source: Bangkok Post February 26, 2020 23:15 UTC