Police to examine assets seized from former CIB commissioner
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A special police committee will scrutinise nearly 20,000 items of assets seized from a former police commissioner and his accomplice, said a police spokesman.
Former Central Investigation Bureau Chief Pol Lt Gen Pongpat Chayapan was arrested for lese majesty and corruption along with other senior police officers and five civilians.
More assets are believed hidden at many locations in the country and none had been exported, said police spokesman Pol Lt Gen Prawut Thawornsiri.
Artifacts will be sent to the Fine Arts Department and carved and processed wood items will be sent to the Forest Industry Organization.
More assets are believed hidden at many locations in the country and none had been exported, the spokesman said. Investigators will check fingerprints and DNA samples with the seized assets to find out if there are more offenders linked to the case.
