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    The Department of Special Investigation has called Thaksin Shinawatra's son Panthongtae for questioning over alleged money-laundering in a 9.9-billion-baht Krungthai Bank loan scandal.

    DSI deputy director-general Somboon Sarasit said on Thursday that DSI interrogators have called in Mr Panthongthae, Kanchanapha Honghern and Manop Divari for questioning on Friday.

    However, the three requested more time to prepare documents, and the DSI put off the questioning. It will issue a new summons "later". No date was set for the interviews.

    Mrs Kanchanapha is secretary to Thaksin's ex-wife Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra and Mr Manop is the father of former Pheu Thai MP Sita Divari who is also a former chairman of Airports of Thailand (AoT).

    They were identified as recipients of cheques for money that Krungthai Bank lent to real estate developer Krisda Mahanakorn. They would be asked about the debts for which the cheques had been issued, Pol Lt Col Somboon said.

    None of the three had contacted the DSI to say if they would show up for the questioning, he said.

    Last August the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions found 24 people guilty of wrongfully approving more than 9.9 billion baht in loans to affiliates of Krisda Mahanakorn between 2003 and 2004, even though the firm was listed with the state-run bank as a non-performing debtor. The lending happened under the Thaksin government.

    Two former bank executives, bank president Viroj Nualkhair and board chairman Suchai Jaovisidha, were found guilty of granting the illegal loans. They were sentenced to 18 years in jail.

    The money trail allegedly indicates that the Krisda Mahanakorn owner signed a cashier's cheque worth 26 million to go to Mr Panthongtae, but it was cancelled immediately afterwards.

    The money trail also suggests that part of the loan was used to buy shares in AoT.

    DSI investigators are suspicious about the cancelled cheque, suspecting money-laundering was involved.

    alleged : http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/poli...ney-laundering
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    The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has postponed a meeting with the son of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and three other people due to testify about alleged money laundering in the multi-billion-baht Krungthai Bank (KTB) loan scandal.

    The DSI had called in Panthongtae "Oak" Shinawatra; Kanchanapha Honghern, secretary to Thaksin's ex-wife Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra; Wanchai Honghern, Ms Kanchanapha's husband; and Manop Divari, father of former Pheu Thai MP Sita Divari for questioning today.

    The four sent lawyers to seek the postponement, saying they need more time to gather documents to prove their innocence, Pol Lt Col Somboon Sarasit, deputy chief of the DSI, said Thursday.

    The DSI approved the request and will issue a new summons later.

    Investigators want them to answer questions about cashier's cheques given to them by real estate developer Krisdamahanakorn (KMN).

    According to the DSI, KTB extended about 9.9 billion baht in loans to subsidiaries of real estate company Krisdamahanakorn (KMN) during the Thaksin administration.

    An investigation by the defunct Assets Scrutiny Committee found the money trail also indicated that Wichai Krisdathanon, owner of KMN, signed a cashier's cheque worth 17 million baht to Mr Panthongtae but the cheque was cancelled afterwards. A cheque worth 21 million baht was also signed for Ms Kanchanapha and one for 155 million baht for Mr Manop.

    Pol Lt Col Somboon said the three have to explain why they were given the cheques.

    On Aug 26 last year, 24 people were convicted of wrongfully approving the 9.9 billion baht in loans.

    Why were They given the checks: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gene...ks-dsi-meeting
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    • #3
      September 1, 2015

      Paiboon defends alleged delay in Shinawatra investigations

      JUSTICE Minister General Paiboon Koomchaya yesterday defended the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) after it was accused of unnecessarily delaying the investigation into a money-laundering case involving the Shinawatra family and close aides.

      The case is in connection to a loan from Krungthai Bank to Krisda Mahanakorn Group.

      Paiboon said the DSI would in one month be able to press charges against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's son Panthongtae; Thaksin's former wife Pojaman na Pombejra's personal secretary Kanchana Honghern; Wanchai Honghern; and former Pheu Thai MP Sita Divari's father Manop Divari.

      Paiboon explained that the DSI had to wait for the Supreme Court's verdict on a corruption case, adding that the department was only investigating the money-laundering case and not the one related to stolen assets.

      Last Wednesday, the court sentenced then-Krungthai Bank president Viroj Nuankae, 68, and board chairman Suchai Jaovisidha to 18 years in prison. The court also hit 18 others with lengthy prison sentences and up to Bt10 billion in fines for corrupt loan practices.

      The court has suspended its ruling on Thaksin until he returns to Thailand.

      Meanwhile, prosecutor inspector Winai Damrongmongkolkul, then-public prosecutor of the Krungthai loan case, yesterday also defended the decision of dropping charges against Panthongtae and three others in relation to money laundering and possessing stolen assets.

      Winai said the Assets Examination Committee in 2008 had taken recourse in the criminal code's Article 357 to charge the four with possessing stolen assets in connection with the Krungthai loan case.

      Chulasingh Vasantasingh, who was attorney-general at the time, decided that the case against the four had to be filed at the Criminal Court, not at the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders, since the accused do not hold political office.

      Winai pointed out that since the four were not state officials, the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) also could not sue them.

      Meanwhile, the joint panel of the National Anti-Corruption Commission and public prosecutors on January 27, 2009, did not make a resolution to charge the four on the possession of stolen assets. The public prosecutors, thereby, had no right to file any lawsuits against the four suspects.

      Paiboon insisted that the DSI had taken over the money-laundering case against the four in 2007, adding that the AEC should be able to explain why it did not ask the DSI to look into the stolen-assets charge.

      Criticism of the investigation delay surfaced after concerns were raised that the statute of limitations in cases against the Shinawatra family might expire.

      Winai said the possessing stolen assets charge has a 10-year statute of limitations and the penalty is up to five years in jail; the money-laundering case has a statute of limitations of 15 years and the maximum penalty is 10 years in jail. The statute of limitations starts from the time the crimes were allegedly committed.

      This case has Shinawatra corruption written all over it: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/webm...-30267855.html
      Last edited by Mid; 01-25-2016, 11:11 AM. Reason: added date
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        DSI wants to question Thaksin's son next week


        The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has summonsed the son of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and his ex-wife's secretary, for questioning on March 4 over alleged money-laundering in a 9.9-billion-baht Krungthai Bank loan scandal.

        DSI deputy director-general Somboon Sarasit said on Thursday that Panthongtae Shinawatra and Kanchanapha Honghern, secretary to Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra, would be questioned.

        They were identified as recipients of cheques for money that Krungthai Bank lent to real estate developer Krisda Mahanakorn.

        Last August the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions found 24 people guilty of wrongfully approving 9.9 billion baht in loans to affiliates of Krisda Mahanakorn in 2003 and 2004, even though the firm was listed with the state-run bank as a non-performing debtor.

        The lending occurred during the government of Thaksin, who fled the country just before the Supreme Court's criminal division sentenced him to two years in jail in 2008 for helping his ex-wife buy state land in inner Bangkok at a discounted value.

        There was evidence that Mr Panthongtae had received a 10-million-baht cheque, Pol Lt Col Somboon said.

        A cashier's cheque for 26 million baht was issued to Kesinee Jipiphop, Mrs Kanchanapha's mother. The money was spent buying shares in Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) for employees of Mr Panthongtae's two companies - How Come Entertainment, and Master Phone.

        The DSI questioned Mrs Kesinee and Wanchai Honghern, Mrs Kanchanapha's husband, for about an hour on Thursday. Mrs Kesinee admitted to receiving money from Wichai Krisdathanon, former executive of Krisda Mahanakorn, and also showed documents relating to some share acquisitions, Pol Lt Col Somboon said.

        Interrogators at the DSI had already questioned about 200 witnesses, or about 70% of all witnesses in the case, and most of them were company staff on record as recipients of cheques from Mr Wichai and his son Ratchada, he said. He expected the investigation would be concluded in April.

        Wacharin Phanurat, a prosecutor from the Office of the Attorney-General, said that the people were questioned as witnesses, but if they were later found to be involved with wrongdoing they would be charged.

        Investigators and interrogators were focusing on alleged money-laundering by the management of Krungthai Bank and Krisda Mahanakorn, he said.


        Kesinee Jipiphop, right, arrives for questioning at the Department of Special Investigation in Bangkok on Thursday.

        http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crim...-son-next-week
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          http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crim...i-loan-scandal
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          • #6
            http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30306440
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            • #7
              They really move quick with these investigations.

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              • #8
                ^Most people would question,....Why?

                Obvious to most.
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                • #9
                  Panthongtae faces legal action

                  http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...itics/30326616
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                  • #10
                    Thaksin's son Oak in money laundering spotlight


                    The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) will meet the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) next week to bolster money laundering allegations against Panthongtae "Oak" Shinawatra in the Krungthai Bank (KTB) loan scandal.

                    Kachornsak Phutthanuphap, a prosecutor involved in the investigation, said Amlo officials are likely to meet investigators on Monday to give their statement substantiating accusations in connection with the scandal.

                    He said it will take some time to go through the evidence before investigators can determine whether there are grounds to summon Mr Panthongtae, son of ousted former premier Thaksin, on the charges.

                    The probe must be completed before the statute of limitations expires next June, he said.

                    About 90% of the work has been done in the case and officials are waiting for details of various transactions.

                    The money-laundering investigation, spearheaded by the DSI, focuses on Mr Panthongtae and three other people who allegedly received part of a fraudulent KTB loan for 9.9 billion baht.

                    Receiving assets from a corrupt scheme forms the basis of money laundering under Thai law.

                    The other three are Kanchanapha Honghern, a former secretary of Mr Thaksin's ex-wife, Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra; Wanchai Honghern, the husband of Ms Kanchanapha; and Kesinee Jipiphop, Ms Kanchanapha's mother.

                    DSI deputy spokesman Woranan Srilam said Thursday the DSI will consider the evidence carefully before it decides whether to press charges.

                    The scandal involves nearly 10 billion baht of loans made to subsidiaries of the Krisdamahanakorn (KMN) real estate company during Thaksin's administration.

                    In 2015 the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions found 24 people guilty of wrongfully approving loans worth this amount in total to affiliates of developer KMN from 2003 to 2004.

                    The loans were granted even though the firm was listed with the bank as a non-performing debtor.

                    The DSI said it found evidence showing Mr Panthongtae and the others were recipients of two cheques tied to the loan.

                    One was for 10 million baht, cashed into Mr Panthongtae's bank account, and another for 26 million baht linked to the other three figures.

                    http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gene...ost_recent_box
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                      http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...itics/30328296
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                      • #12
                        DSI accuses 'Oak' of money laundering

                        https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/pol...ost_recent_box
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                        • #13
                          Panthongtae argues laundering charge uncalled for


                          Panthongtae Shinawatra, son of former prime minister Thaksin, has asked the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) not to charge him with laundering money from a scandalous Krungthai Bank loan, arguing that an earlier inquiry dropped the charge.

                          The submisson was made by his lawyer Chumsai Sriyapai in a written request to Pol Maj Worranan Srilum, director of the DSI's special case management centre.

                          It again asks the DSI to withdraw its summons for Mr Panthongtae to acknowledge the money laundering charge. A previous request was made last month.

                          The case concerns money transferred to Mr Panthongtae from Krisdamahanakorn Plc (KMC), which inappropriately received 9.9 billion baht in loans through subsidiaries from Krungthai Bank in 2003-2004 during the Thaksin administration.

                          Mr Chumsai said the Asset Scrutiny Committee (ASC) had charged Mr Panthongtae only with receiving stolen property, and the statute of limitations of that charge had already expired. The ASC found no evidence of any money laundering, the lawyer said.

                          "The ASC resolved Mr Panthongtae received stolen property and the money laundering charge was dropped. I do not understand why the Anti-Money Laundering Office has raised the issue with the DSI 10 years afterwards," the lawyer said.

                          However, if the DSI was determined to summons Mr Panthongtae, he would show up to declare his innocence, Mr Chumsai said.

                          State-owned Krungthai Bank lent 9.9 billion baht to subsidiaries of KMC to refinance loans and for project development.

                          KMC was at the time in Krungthai's non-performing loans group, a category that banks should not lend to under Bangkok of Thailand regulations.

                          Bank executives were found to have approved the loan because a "big boss" said there would be no problem. The court, however, decided there was not enough evidence to establish who the "big boss" was.

                          It was found the money was later paid in hundreds of transactions, including 10 million baht to Mr Panthongtae and 26 million baht to Mrs Kesinee Jipipob, mother of Kanchanapa Honghern, a personal secretary to Mr Panthongtae's mother Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra.

                          Mr Panthongtae had explained that Wichai Krisadatanon, a KMC executive, wrote him a 26 million baht cheque and asked him to buy shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand on his behalf. Mr Panthongtae did not accept it and told him to ask Mrs Kesinee instead.

                          The cheque payable to Mr Panthongtae was therefore cancelled and 26 million baht was transferred to Mrs Kesinee the next day to buy Ch.Karnchang shares in her name. Mrs Kesinee paid Wichai back with profit 2-3 months later after the shares were sold.

                          As for the 10 million baht cheque, Mr Panthongtae argued it was given to him by Wichai's son Ratchada, who sought to co-invest with him in a car import business he was planning at the time. The project did not materialise because of complex regulations involved, so he paid Ratchada back a year later, also by cheque.

                          The ASC set up by the 2006 coupmakers found irregularities in the lending and the National Anti-Corruption Commission took over the case.

                          In 2015, the Supreme Court for politicians sentenced 16 people to 12 and 18 years in jail for malfeasance. They included three former top KTB executives and KMC executives, including Wichai and Ratchada.

                          Thaksin was the first defendant in the case but he had left the country in 2008, so his trial was shelved.

                          https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/pol...e-uncalled-for
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                            http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...gnews/30328369
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                              Son of Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin charged with money-laundering
                              Reporting by Aukkarapon Niyomyat, Suphanida Thakral, and Panu Wongcha-um
                              October 18, 2017

                              BANGKOK (Reuters)
                              http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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