Sahasawat, a People’s Party MP candidate, visited an 84.5 million baht land site after Social Security purchased it through a direct procurement method to build a new Chonburi Social Security office. Currently, the land is abandoned, possibly because it is not adjacent to a main road.
2 Feb 2026 GMT+7 Mr. Sahasawat Khumkong, candidate for Member of Parliament (MP) for Chonburi’s 7th constituency, representing the People’s Party, posted images of an abandoned piece of land along with a message onFacebook.Regarding Social Security’s land, he said that recently he received documents from inside Social Security about a project: Social Security has a project to purchase land to build a new office for the Chonburi Social Security branch. They explained that the current Chonburi branch office is cramped and too small to serve insured persons adequately, requiring land rental which causes waste. Thus, it is necessary to purchase land for a new office, so I came to inspect the land.
Sahasawat further explained, the project was approved at the end of 2023 before the newly elected board took office, with a budget set at 88 million baht for land purchase. The actual price was 84.5 million baht, 3.98% below the median price. The land consists of five combined plots. The Treasury Department’s appraised total value for these five plots is about 24 million baht. From my document search, the land is about 5 rai 1 ngan, located in a tucked-away area of Ban Suan zone. The median price was announced on 24 August 2024, and the winner was announced on 11 December 2024.
“Up to now, over a year has passed without any construction of the new office. I’m unsure why, but someone inside Social Security whispered to me it might be because the land purchase was off-spec. The requirement was for land adjacent to a main road, but they bought land inside an alley. The purchase was also done by direct procurement. I tried to find the TOR but it mysteriously disappeared from the Social Security website. I also heard that someone has filed complaints about this with certain oversight agencies.” He raised questions about this matter:
1. Why did Social Security choose direct procurement for this land purchase when there might be more suitable land adjacent to a main road at a comparable price of over 40,000 baht per square wah?
2. Was this purchase conducted properly? If so, why has no new office project started and the land remains abandoned and overgrown?
3. Is it true that complaints have been filed with oversight agencies such as the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) or the Office of the Auditor General (OAG)?
4. Social Security should provide transparent answers and make the missing TOR publicly available for citizens to review.
“Finally, I want to ask people in Chonburi and across the country: Was spending this money to buy this land worthwhile to serve millions of insured persons in Chonburi? The site is cramped, tucked inside an alley where traffic is difficult. I also ask anyone in Chonburi involved in land ownership or real estate appraisal to comment or share information on whether this budget use is reasonable and if this land price is appropriate given its remote location. We don’t want the Social Security Fund’s 84.5 million baht to be wasted.”