PUBLISHED: 14 Jan 2025 at 09: 11
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has denied that she made a four-billion-baht loan disclosure as a way to conceal her private wealth.
In response to inquiries about the loan, which was officially classified as a family loan, she defied it.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC ) released Ms Paetongtarn’s asset and liability declaration early this month. When taking office, political post holders ‘ wealth and responsibilities must be disclosed in order for their records to be made publicly available.
The combined resources of Ms Paetongtarn and her father, Pitaka Suksawat, totalled 13.99 billion ringgit. Ms Paetongtarn’s resources are valued at 13.84 billion rmb, and Mr Pitaka’s at 141.11 million ringgit. Their babies hold property for 500, 000 ringgit.
The couple’s overall bill was 4.44 billion rmb, including Ms Paetongtarn’s 4.43 billion ringgit and Mr Pitaka’s 1.17 million baht.
The results showed nearly all of the president’s loan is owed to five people, all of whom are family of the top.
Out of the entire duty, she owes 2.3 billion ringgit– more than half– to her elder girl, Pintongtha Kunakornwong.
Issues had been raised about whether the loan list might be used to conceal success. But, Ms. Paetongtarn has defended herself, asserting that the family’s agreement to pay the debt was genuine and lawful.
Ms. Paetongtarn argued that the NACC had now received all required information.
” There is nothing to hide. I can confirm that it is a genuine family debt with the proper documentation as proof,” she said.
The prime minister reaffirmed that she had no worries that the invisible commodity scandal involving her father, former top Thaksin Shinawatra, may result in another episode of the debt.
The NACC charged Thaksin with failing to consider the transport of shares worth more than 600 million ringgit to his vehicle, gardeners and near associates, although he did consider possession of a 60-billion-baht play in Shin Corporation.
The Constitutional Court ruled 8: 7 in his favor to exonerate him from the cost of property hiding in 2001.