PUBLISHED: 27 Aug 2024 at 04: 00
The National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC ) has determined that there are legitimate grounds for the allegation that two senior local officials in Suphan Buri and Samut Songkram are unusually wealthy, with between them unexplained wealth worth about 46 million baht.
Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, the NACC secretary-general, said the first event problems Raynu Phonlasen, a past president of tambon Plai Na in Sri Prachan city of Suphan Buri.
According to Mr. Niwatchai, Ms. Raynu’s unexpected riches included savings accounts for at least 21.3 million ringgit in two bank accounts. She claimed to have received the funds from a Thai person with the first” Por” during her leadership.
She explained that Mr. Por had asked her to keep a portion of his estate worth nearly 21 million baht while he was sorting out his wife’s local issues. She has given the sum of cash to Mr. Por. To pay off a debt he owed her, Ms. Raynu’s account transferred the remaining portion, which was valued at about 760 000 baht and was kept in the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives ( BAAC ).
The NACC found no supporting documentation that may establish the existence of the product. According to Mr. Niwatchai, the accused was unable to make a payment agreement between her and Mr. Por.
Moreover, it came to the agency’s focus that Ms Raynu had spent the money as if it was her unique.
Ms. Raynu is charged with breaking the NACC Act. The NACC may send the investigation’s findings to the Attorney-General’s Office for Corruption and Misconduct, according to Mr. Niwatchai, to the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct situations.
According to Mr. Niwatchai, the NACC is scheduled to notify the company overseeing the tambon Plai Na provincial business within 60 days of its decision regarding retroactive dismissal of Ms. Raynu.
The second incident involves Manat Phaetjakreng, a former deputy president of the Khlong Khon Tambon Administrative Organization in Samut Songkram’s Muang area.
Mr. Manat was found to have made a false declaration of money with the intention of concealing it by the NACC. The NACC was informed of Mr. Manat’s resource history when he resigned as TAO deputy president on December 28, 2021, and the decision was based on that fact.
According to the committee, Mr Manat omitted to consider some assets held in his and his wife’s brands worth a total of 25.2 million ringgit.
According to Mr. Niwatchai, the NACC recommended that Mr. Manat been barred from contesting primaries and subject to criminal charges if found guilty. It also recommended that the Supreme Court’s Division for Persons Holding Political Positions.