The National Anti-Corruption Commission has sought the indictment of Kasem Nimmonrat, the former Pheu Thai Party MP and former vice-president of the Chiang Mai Provincial Administration Organisation (PAO), on a charge of having amassed unusual wealth. The NACC yesterday said yesterday the anti-graft agency had found Kasem, 53, had accrued wealth worth 21 million baht, which it said could not be explained. The wealth was based on the assets and liabilities record which Kasem had officially declared to the NACC at the conclusion of his term as vice-president of the Chiang Mai PAO. Earlier, the Supreme Court division sentenced Kasem to 12 months in jail for concealing his wealth and ordered the seizure of his assets worth about 168 million baht. It said he falsely declared assets worth more than 186 million baht in total in May last year, as claimed by the NACC.

Source: Bangkok Post July 27, 2017 23:03 UTC