Gen Prawit declares assets of B87m

Gen Prawit declares assets of B87m

Gen Prawit declares assets of B87m
Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, head of the Palang Pracharath Party, during a visit to Wichian Buri area, Phetchabun state, on Jan 7, 2024. ( Photo: Palang Pracharath Party )

According to the National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC), Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon, former deputy prime minister and chairman of the Sports Authority of Thailand ( SAT ), 87 million baht of assets, including five luxurious cars, has been declared.

On Wednesday, the organization released the agency’s declared assets and liabilities for government professionals, social office holders, and other parties. The wealth of Palang Pracharath&nbsp, Party ( PPRP ) leader Gen Prawit caught media attention. &nbsp,

He also serves on the SAT committee and is required to report his resources every three years.

Gen Prawit, 78, declared his position as” one” and reported property of 87.84 million ringgit and a little bill of 757 baht. His possessions were bank payments of 40.48 million baht, opportunities of 6.53 million baht, three blocks of land in Bangkok and Pathum Thani worth about 10 million baht, five cars worth 13.6 million baht, and additional resources for 229, 500 baht.

He reported an annual income of about 2.34 million baht that included 762, 540 ringgit in retirement, living accommodations of 146, 736 rmb, &nbsp, the earnings of a deputy prime minister when he held that government post, &nbsp, 893, 040 ringgit, and place salaries of 546, 000 ringgit. &nbsp,

Among his five automobiles worth 13.6 million ringgit in full, Gen Prawit declared a Jaguar I- Pace AWD HSE for 4 million ringgit on June 28, 2021, and a Mercedes Benz, V250d for 2.5 million baht, on June 6, 2022.

Other assets included a TW Steel watch worth about 15, 000 baht, nine rings worth about132, 000 baht and three handguns- a Colt (7, 500 baht ), Sig Sauer ( 15, 000 baht ) and Smith &amp, Wesson (60, 000 baht ).

When Gen. Prawit left his position as deputy prime minister, he had previously declared assets worth about 89.12 million baht and debt of 757 baht to the NACC on September 5, 2023.

The Supreme Administrative Court issued an order to the NACC in June of last year to release every detail of the findings of its investigation into Gen Prawit’s luxury watch controversy.

Gen. Prawit was accused of lying about his assets or concealing information regarding a sizable collection of expensive watches and rings that emerged after online sleuths began looking through photos of the retired soldier at various public events and discovering the extremely expensive watches he was wearing.

The watches were all taken, according to Gen Prawit at the time.