Complaint to be filed over Bt30m lottery payout
A Kanchanaburi-based retired policeman at the centre of a scandal over a Bt30-million lottery payout will on Monday get his lawyer to file a police complaint against a teacher who claimed to have bought and lost the winning tickets and tried to claim a share.
Lawyer Sittra Biabangkerd said on Sunday that he and ex-Pol Captain Charoon Wimul would lodge a complaint against teacher Preecha Kraikruan on an initial charge of twice asking police to make a record based on false information last month.
Sittra said they would also file a complaint against the female lottery vendor identified only as Rattanaporn for selling overpriced lottery tickets.
In addition, they would request an inquiry into whether her suppliers had sold her overpriced tickets, an offence which could lead to them being prohibited by the Government Lottery Office (GLO) to sell lottery tickets again, Sittra said.
Rattanaporn has been cited as Preecha's witness. Preecha claimed the woman had the first-prize ticket stubs to back his claim.
Sittra said Charoon’s family was not in hurry to use the remaining Bt20 million that had been frozen in a bank account by order of the police.
Sittra said he and his team from the People Lawyers’ Team Foundation had been entrusted by Charoon to ensure justice was done so he did not plan to have the order cancelled to free up the cash.
Police have been investigating who is the rightful owner of the winning tickets since Preecha publicly announced they were his and filed a complaint against Charoon last week, despite Charoon having already claimed the winnings from the GLO.