Minister of Agriculture Received a report about the Director-General of the Rice Department reporting the arrest of "Srisuwan" for stealing property. Ordered a legal advisor to investigate the facts. The advisor revealed that the Director-General of the Rice Department reported that he had been threatened and extorted, so he took the money and paid it several times to gather strong evidence and report it, leading to today's arrest. Mr. Thanadon Suwannarit, legal advisor to Captain Thammanat Phromphao, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, said: Reported to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives about the matter that Mr. Natthakit Khongthip, Director-General of the Rice Department, filed a complaint against Mr. Srisuwan Jaraya. The police arrested Mr. Srisuwan and his associates today. Captain Thammanat ordered the information to be checked. Mr. Thanadon then inquired with the Director-General of the Rice Department, who replied that Mr. Srisuwan was threatened and extorted by demanding 3 million baht before negotiating to 1.5 million baht in exchange for resolving complaints about the project to support the reduction of production costs in rice cultivation and the project to improve production for rice growers, claiming that he had found Suspicious matters that may lead to corruption Mr. Thanadol said Know the basics that Mr. Natthakit and Mr. Srisuwan are seniors and juniors at Maejo University. We met when we were studying. But I don't know. How close are they? Mr. Natthakit gave information that When threatened, there is pressure because if complaints are made will damage your reputation So he had his wife take the money to pay. By recording images and videos The part that is paid multiple times to provide strong evidence. Moreover, Mr. Srisuwan and those with legal knowledge do not want any loopholes to be created. Mr. Thanadol said Mr. Srisuwan never came to complain about the Director-General of the Rice Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. I saw it was posted on Facebo ok. But there was a middleman who had contacted Mr. Thanadol and informed him that Will complain to the Director-General of the Rice Department Therefore, we checked the information and found out that there was a group of people involved in political matters. Tried to use Mr. Srisuwan as the person to complain. Mr. Thanadol reiterated that The Director-General of the Rice Department was threatened many times and stood up to fight. But the arrest incident had just happened. Therefore, we are investigating additional details to report to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Mr. Natthakit Khongthip, Director-General of the Rice Department, informed reporters at the Thai News Agency that It is still not convenient to provide information on the case of Mr. Srisuwan. Ethics at this time Source: Thai News Agency