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Monthien defends high price of furniture picks
Bangkok Post
|May 01, 2025
Auditor-General Monthien Charoenpol has defended the choice of high-priced furniture selected for the new State Audit Office (SAO) headquarters building, which collapsed on March 28.
Speaking after a four-hour meeting with the House committee on corruption and misconduct prevention and suppression yesterday, Mr Monthien said designers were hired to create the building plan, including specifications for equipment and furnishings on each floor, while the SAO's responsibility was to verify whether the design and proposed furnishings were appropriate and reliable.
"The [high-priced] items mentioned in the news were part of the design phase. And for them to become actual furnishings, the construction must be completed and the items procured," he said.
This story is from the May 01, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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