On May 22, Sahatsawat Khumkong, MP for Chonburi’s District 7 from the People’s Party (Prachachon Party), posted on his Facebook criticizing the Social Security Office (SSO) after the Public Participation Subcommittee chose to continue producing printed calendars for insured persons in 2026, despite survey results showing most do not want them.
He wrote:
“Why is Social Security so stubborn?
The poll results are clear—people don’t want calendars. But officials override public opinion—the real funders—claiming they must proceed due to pre-approved budgets.
They treat workers’ and employers’ contributions—and taxpayers’ money—as their own.
Let’s talk about more spending! The SSO reportedly used social security funds to buy luxury cars for executive use, exploiting a Ministry of Finance regulation that allows donated assets to be passed down to third parties.
Currently, even senior civil servants or political appointees don’t have luxury cars as official vehicles. Yet the SSO does—using contributors' funds to buy vehicles under creative project names like ‘Support Vehicles for the Ministry of Labour and SSO’. In reality, these are unofficial executive cars. Who else would dare to use a Volkswagen T6 or Toyota Alphard 2.5 Hybrid SRC, if not a top-ranking official?
Additionally, there are concerns over vehicle donations. SSO has reportedly donated vehicles to places lacking proper oversight—such as temples. For example, SSO Sakon Nakhon purchased a car, donated it to Wat Sakaeo (Temple), which then transferred it to a third-party individual. How many such donations-through-temples have occurred without transparency?
Why is there still a loophole allowing government assets to be passed through three hands, potentially laundering public resources without any systemic checks?”