BANGKOK — Authorities confirmed that 57 million litres of fuel went missing during transport from a southern depot to Surat Thani province, prompting the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to take over the case as a special investigation.
Rutthapol Naowarat, Minister of Justice, speaking at the Centre for Administration and Monitoring of the Situation in the Middle East at Government House, said the loss was discovered during inspections into fuel stockpiling and illegal sales.
He explained that in Surat Thani, 96 tanker trips transported fuel from a depot to six storage facilities. Of the 217 million litres that left the depot, only 160 million litres arrived, leaving 57 million litres unaccounted for.
The minister said the DSI has set up a war room to investigate the incident, summon those involved for questioning, and trace the missing fuel. Authorities are working to determine how the discrepancy occurred and whether illegal activity was involved.
