A total of 49 billion baht of confiscated financial assets of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family have been transferred from six commercial banks to the state, Comptroller General's Department director-general Pongpanu Svetarundra said on Monday.
On Jan 26, the Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions of the Supreme Court ruled to seize B46.3bn of B76bn of ousted premier Thaksin's frozen assets, finding him guilty of amassing wealth through abuse of power during his time in office from 2001 to 2006.
Mr Pongpanu said the seized assets were in 32 accounts and three unit trusts held by six commercial banks. The banks had transferred all the money to the state on April 30.
He said, 39.8 billion baht was from Siam Commercial Bank, B8.586bn from Bangkok Bank, B508.9 million from UOB Bank, B21m from Bank of Ayudhya, B10.4m from TMB Bank, B1.06m from Siam City Bank.
The amount comprised B46.2bn of principal and B2.805bn of interest.
"Over 163 million baht of seized assets have yet to be transferred as they are in three unit trusts and it will take about two months for the Finance Ministry to receive the money," Mr Pongpanu said. - Bangkok Post
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