OAG disagrees with BMA's move to annul firetruck deal

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) appears set to oppose any Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) move to unilaterally seek to annul the Bt6.68billion purchase of fire vehicles from an Austrian supplier, an informed source said yesterday.

Earlier this week, new Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra urged OAG to ask the Civil Court to void the purchase contract, or at least issue an injunction to prevent the next instalment being paid.

The next payment is due on February 11.

"The purchase contract states that in any dispute, the parties to the contract must dispatch their representatives to talk and an....