The office would freeze assets worth Bt 2.3 billion, said Romasit Wiriyasan, who is acting on behalf of the AMLO chief. Thanyaporn is a daughter of Apichart Chansakulporn, alias Sia Pieng, whose assets worth Bt13 billion had already been seized in connection with fraud in the rice-pledging scheme, he said. Fraud charges in the rice-pledging scheme were a political blow to the government of Yingluck Shinawatra, who was convicted last month for malfeasance in office. At the same meeting yesterday, the AMLO decided to freeze 33 assets worth more than Bt71 million in connection with embezzlement of temple-restoration funds bestowed by the NOB. The assets belong to the NBO’s former directors, Phanom Sornsilp and Nopparat Benjawatananan, many other officials, former Buddhist monks and laymen accused of embezzlement.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 10, 2017 18:14 UTC