The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found grounds to charge former protest leader and ex-deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban and others in a case involving a police station construction project.
Mr Suthep is accused of violating the 1999 law on offering prices to state agencies, also known as the anti-price collusion law, a source at the anti-graft agency said.
Others also implicated in the case include former acting police chief Pol Gen Patheep Tanprasert, and members of project inspection committees in nine police regions.
The project to construct 396 police stations, worth 5.84 billion baht, was endorsed by the cabinet during the Abhisit Vejjajiva administration.
Mr Suthep, who was deputy prime minister at the time, was accused of not having consulted fellow ministers regarding changes made later to the project contract. He allegedly granted a private company the right to be sole contractor, instead of splitting among different companies.
Many of the police stations were left unfinished when the contractor allegedly abandoned the project.
