Tarit appeals NACC order
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FORMER Department of Special Investigation (DSI) director-general Tarit Pengdith has taken his Bt100-million lawsuit for compensation against the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to the Appeals Court over the alleged "unlawful" asset-seizure o
The NACC had recently resolved to seize Bt40.9 million assets belonging to Tarit and his wife, following the probe into Tarit’s allegedly disproportionate wealth and alleged intrusion in three forests in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Pak Chong district. In response, Tarit had filed a civil lawsuit, claiming Bt100 million compensation for “unlawful” issuance of the asset-seizure order, but the first instance court dismissed this lawsuit, hence Tarit had moved his petition to the Appeals Court.
The source said the NACC assigned its member, Wichai Wiwitsewi, and litigation office to send a letter to the court last Friday expressing its intent to fight Tarit’s appeal. The NACC insisted there were grounds to suspect Tarit’s unusual wealth while he was heading the DSI, hence the agency had temporarily seized the assets in accordance with the Organic Act on Counter-Corruption 1999.
