Appointment of four Revenue deputies was criminal offence: NCCC

Permanent secretary of Finance Suparat Kawatkul and four former officials committed criminal offences in unlawfully appointing four deputy director generals for the Revenue Department, according to a ruling by the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC).

In a majority vote, the commission also found Khunying Tipawadee Meksawan guilty of a grave disciplinary offence for related wrongdoing while serving as secretary general of the Office of Civil Service Commission (OCSC) in 2001.

By law, a guilty verdict from the NCCC in such cases requires that officials be dismissed or fired within 30 days.

"The NCCC issued the resolution on....