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BWG Lawyer urges MP Poonsak to stop investigation over conflict

BWG Lawyer urges MP Poonsak to stop investigation over conflict

MGR Online•Politics•30m ago

Reader Briefing

Better World Green Public Company Limited has requested the Speaker of the House to investigate the ethics of MP Poonsak Chanchampee regarding potential conflicts of interest.

  • •Better World Green Public Company Limited (BWG) filed a request to the Speaker of the House to examine the ethics of MP Poonsak Chanchampee.
  • •The dispute involves MP Poonsak Chanchampee's role in investigating BWG while his wife works as an executive at West Management Siam Co., Ltd. (WMS), a competitor.
  • •BWG's lawyer claims MP Poonsak Chanchampee is using his political position to create a hidden agenda and damage BWG's stock value and confidence.

Overview

  • •Better World Green Public Company Limited submitted a letter to the Speaker of the House requesting an investigation into the governance and ethical standards of MP Poonsak Chanchampee.
  • •Better World Green Public Company Limited expressed concerns over transparency and conflicts of interest because MP Poonsak Chanchampee's wife is an executive at West Management Siam Co., Ltd., a business competitor.
  • •MP Poonsak Chanchampee admitted his wife works at West Management Siam Co., Ltd. but argued that working in the same industry as a competitor does not constitute a conflict of interest.
  • •Lawyer Natthawut Hopaiboonsakul stated that MP Poonsak Chanchampee previously served as an executive in a competing business before entering politics.
  • •BWG claims that government agencies have already investigated and legally proven facts regarding wastewater complaints over the past 20 years.
  • •Lawyer Natthawut Hopaiboonsakul questioned why MP Poonsak Chanchampee did not investigate wastewater issues at Khlong Pun Taek affecting farmers in Nong Yai District, Chonburi, despite it being part of the same set of complaints.
  • •Better World Green Public Company Limited maintains it is open to investigations by authorized agencies based on scientific data and legal processes.

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Key Quotes

Lawyer of Better World Green Public Company Limited
"If there is no personal ethics to investigate others, the investigation results are not credible, lack justice, and lack good governance."
ถ้าจริยธรรมส่วนบุคคลที่จะมาตรวจสอบคนอื่นไม่มี ผลตรวจสอบมันก็ไม่น่าเชื่อถือ ขาดความยุติธรรม ขาดหลักธรรมาภิบาล

Key Entities

Organization

Better World Green Public Company Limited(บริษัท เบตเตอร์ เวิลด์ กรีน จำกัด(มหาชน))
A listed company on the Stock Exchange that is the target of investigations by MP Poonsak Chanchampee.
People's Party(พรรคประชาชน)
The political party to which MP Poonsak Chanchampee belongs.
West Management Siam Co., Ltd.(บริษัท เวสท์ แมเนจเม้นท์สยาม จำกัด)
A business competitor of Better World Green Public Company Limited where the wife of MP Poonsak Chanchampee works as an executive.
Committee on Land, Natural Resources and Environment(กมธ.การที่ดินทรัพยากรธรรมชาติและสิ่งแวดล้อม)
The House committee where MP Poonsak Chanchampee serves as Deputy Chairman.
Committee on Prevention and Mitigation of Impacts from Natural Disasters and Public Hazards(กมธ.การป้องกันและบรรเทาผลกระทบจากภัยธรรมชาติและสาธารณภัย)
The committee whose work MP Poonsak Chanchampee is accused of interfering with.

Person

Poonsak Chanchampee(พูนศักดิ์ จันทร์จำปี)
A list MP of the People's Party and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Land, Natural Resources and Environment.
Natthawut Hopaiboonsakul(ณัฐวุฒิ หอไพบูลย์สกุล)
The lawyer representing Better World Green Public Company Limited.
Sophon Sarum(โสภณ ซารัมย์)
The individual to whom the ethics investigation request against MP Poonsak Chanchampee was submitted.

Place

Khao Sok Subdistrict, Nong Yai District, Chonburi Province(ต.เขาซก อ.หนองใหญ่ จ.ชลบุรี)
The location where villagers complained about wastewater in Khlong Pun Taek.