BANKOK: The Anti-Money Laundering Office has decided to seize more assets worth almost 300 million baht linked to the Pongpat Chayapan case and the Rohingya human-trafficking case. It will ask prosecutors to seek court approval for the seizures, the office said.
In the first case, Pongpat, a former Bangkok police chief, was found guilty of lese majeste; demanding bribes in police reshuffling, oil smuggling, casinos; and money laundering. Pongpat and most of the other defendants had confessed to the crimes.
The assets worth 243 million baht found at a company linked to one of the defendants in the case will be seized.
More assets worth 18 million found in a house of another defendant where Pongpat had lived will also be confiscated. They comprised cash, paintings, amulets, antiques, jewellery and furniture.
In the other case, the assets of persons linked to Rohingya human traffickers worth 38 million baht will be sent to state coffers. They consist of savings bonds, land deeds in Satun, Ranong and Surat Thani and cash.
