A couple of days ago, the Bangkok Post reported that National Anti-Corruption Commission secretary-general Worawit Sukboon had said the NACC had “found” that Gen Prawit Wongsuwan had: “… worn 22 watches, not 25 as reported by media earlier, since three of them are in fact the same watch…”, that the “diamond ring he was seen wearing belonged to his father. His mother kept it before giving it to him…” and that Gen Prawit had “borrowed 22 luxury watches from a friend, who is now dead…”.
Nothing new there. This has been the Deputy Dictator’s story from the beginning.
The NACC board now wants “to verify the ownership of the watches and question two more witnesses. It also needs information from 10 watch distributors which have yet to respond to the NACC.”
If that sounds bland, it was music to the ears of the General. According to Khaosod, Gen Prawit has declared: “This issue is already over…”.
The reason Prawit is cock-a-hoop is that the NACC had previously let it be known that “the watches would not be considered Prawit’s possessions if borrowed from someone…”.
Cover-up complete?
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