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| Pheu Thai Denies Massage Parlor Treat for Reporters |
| UPDATE : 25 December 2009 |
The Pheu Thai Party spokesman has denied that he had planned to treat reporters to a massage parlor visit, claiming that his intention was only to take them on a trip to either the sea or a waterfall as a New Year's gift.
Pheu Thai spokesman Prompong Nopparit has claimed that a statement by Pheu Thai Bangkok MP Karun Hosakul about the collection of cash to arrange a New Year's celebration for reporters was misinterpreted.
The 80,000 baht in cash was rumored to have been given to reporters to spend on a massage parlor visit as a New Year's present from the opposition party's MPs.
Prompong today claimed that his statement of taking reporters for “a bath” meant taking them to either the sea or a waterwall.
However, it is widely understood in Thailand that “taking a bath” can idiomatically mean going to a massage parlor.
Still, Prompong denied that Pheu Thai would pay for reporters to go to a massage parlor as speculated.
The Pheu Thai spokesman went on to say that he has no intention of blaming the reporters for making headlines of the issue but claimed it was a misinterpretation by the media.
Earlier this morning, Prompong traveled to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, or NACC, to demand updates on pending cases as well as cases of which statute of limitation are about to expire.
They include graft in the rubber project involving Education Minister Jurin Laksanawisit and the short message service scandal involving Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The Pheu Thai spokesman added that his party will give the anti-graft panel until early January to disclose the progress of those cases.
If there is no update on the cases by then, Pheu Thai will file malfeasance suits against the NACC.
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