Only two days after assuming office, new navy chief commander Adm Choengchai Chomchoengpaet made his mark by saying the navy still could not accept a deal that offered new China-made engines to replace German engines for three submarines.
Adm Choengchai said on Monday that a study by the Naval Dockyard's technical panel on the Chinese engines was not adequate, and if the contract is to be amended, the replacement engines have to be of at least equal quality.
