Amlo seeks permanent seizure of wrongdoers’ assets worth almost Bt4.9 billion

Amlo deputy secretary-general Pol Major-General Romsit Weeriyasan revealed on Tuesday that in response to the Transaction Committee’s resolution, his agency would go to public prosecutors to request that the assets of suspected wrongdoers be turned into state property or returned to victims. 
Some Bt422million of the assets belong to state officials who have been brought to court for alleged corruption in the government project to procure pesticide chemicals for distribution to farmers affected by communicable plant diseases, he said. 
The vast bulk of the remainder, or Bt4.83 billion in other assets, initially belong to Thongchai Rojrungrangsee and alleged accomplices – all defendants in a high-profile zero-dollar-tour case.
“They are accused of tax evasion involving an amount bigger than Bt10 million a year,” Romsit said, adding, “We will also seize these parts of the [overall] assets.” 
Moreover, Amlo will ask public prosecutors to seek a court order to have Bt39.5 million worth of assets, initially registered under the name of Taweesak Sujaritwattananont and alleged accomplices, taken for use as compensation to 59 people who have reported themselves as being victims of Taweesak’s alleged scam, Romsit said. 
He has been accused of operating call-centre scams luring unsuspecting victims to transfer their money to his gang. 
Romsit added that the Transaction Committee had also resolved to order the seizure of Bt3.4 million of assets belonging to Samrit Yawai, a suspected drug trafficker.