The Covid-19 pandemic and state procurement law have kept convicts from being hired to clear out sewers in Bangkok, according to City Hall, despite Bangkok governor-elect Chadchart Sittipunt agreeing to have them return to work.
The issue was raised on Wednesday by Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin who instructed the Corrections Department to seek Mr Chadchart's permission to use the convicts, whose work would help minimise flooding in the capital.
