BANGKOK, 20 Sep 2013, The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has decided to freeze assets worth 900 million baht obtained illegally in 4 major corruption cases.
According to Secretary General of the AMLO Police General Sehanat Prayonrat, the four cases involved the defrocked monk Veerapol Sukpol, known generally as Nenkham, the former president of Klong Jan Credit Union Coperative, Digital Crown Holdings Company, and the infamous firetrucks procurement scandal that resulted in former Deputy Interior Minister Pracha Maleenont being handed a 12-year jail term by the court last week.
31 items worth 24 million baht previously owned by fugitive Veerapol will be frozen. The office will as well freeze 309 items worth 633 million baht belonging to the former Credit Union boss and 74 million baht worth of assets owned by Digital Crown Holdings Company
The Office is also looking into the case of Pracha in order to find out which assets should be frozen while an investigation is going on.
