NACC orders seizure of Suphoth properties worth Bt20 million
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The national anti-graft agency yesterday ordered confiscation of properties worth Bt20 million belonging to Suphoth Sublom, the suspended permanent secretary of the Transport Ministry.
National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) spokesman Klanarong Chantik said yesterday the agency found that Suphoth transferred the ownership of the properties – seven land plots and three buildings including the house where a robbery took place – to his daughter and son-in-law late last year, when the investigation into alleged corruption against him was underway.
The graft investigation was ordered after a robbery at Suphoth’s spacious mansion in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao area. Suphoth insisted that Bt5 million was stolen from his house. However, police retrieved Bt18 million from the suspected robbers and police estimated the haul might exceed Bt100 million. The NACC had frozen the Bt18 million retrieved by police.
Klanarong said yesterday that the NACC was waiting for an explanation from Suphoth, who is being investigated for being unusually wealthy and falsely reporting his assets and debts.
Suphoth had until March 7 to submit his documents in denying the allegations.
