NACC wants Bt600 million in assets seized from former Revenue official
THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) resolved yesterday to file a lawsuit for the seizure of assets worth almost Bt600 million belonging to a former Revenue Department official in Bangkok. The NACC said 26 export companies had reportedly wired m
NACC president Pol General Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit yesterday revealed that a sub-panel had been set up to investigate Suwat, a former Bangkok Area Revenue Office 27 official, for alleged abuse of authority in approving faulty value-added tax (VAT) returns. The NACC also required Suwat, his wife and other persons holding assets on their behalf to present a list of assets and debts, leading to the temporary seizure of those assets valued at Bt49.9 million.
Watcharapol said fact-finding results suggested that 26 export companies, which had obtained illegitimate VAT returns, had wired Bt415.89 million into the bank accounts belonging to Suwat and people close to him.
The probe also found Suwat’s assets under his name, his relatives’ names and some legal entities’ names, which Suwat couldn’t explain the origin of, he said. Hence, the NACC deemed him “unusually wealthy” as his assets had increased by Bt597.7 million. The agency also passed the case on to the Attorney General’s Office to ask for the court’s permission to appropriate Suwat’s assets into the state’s coffers, according to the Counter Corruption Act of 1999.
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