DSI received the inquiry file with the accused from the Central Investigation Bureau, (the case of corruption in the Railway Club’s Savings and Credit Cooperative Limited)

DSI received the inquiry file with the accused from the Central Investigation Bureau, (the case of corruption in the Railway Club’s Savings and Credit Cooperative Limited)

       The Director-General Pol.Lt.Col. Korrawat Panprapakorn assigned his Deputy Director-General Pol.Lt.Col. Somboon Sarasith overseeing the Center Against Criminal Proceeds Laundering Crime to order the Center Head Mr. Rawee Auksornsiri, the Deputy Head Mr. Thawatchai Rattanapreechachai, the Head of Criminal Proceeds Laundering Crime Division 3 Mr. Pongthawat Auamsam-ang, and his team to coordinate for actions. The DSI received the case of corruption valued at about 2,285 million Baht in the Railway Club’s Savings and Credit Cooperative Limited by its former executives as its special case 21/2564.

       On February 24, 2021, at 1.30 p.m., Pol.Lt.Gen. Torsak Sukwimol (the Commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau) assigned Pol.Col. Panya Klaprasert (the Deputy Commander of the Railway Police Division) to submit the inquiry file of criminal proceeds laundering case (the criminal case no. 41/2563) and the accused comprising Mr. Boonsong Hongthong and others (9 persons in total) to the DSI for legal proceedings subject to Section 22 paragraph one (1) and paragraph four of the Special Case Investigation Act, B.E. 2547 (2004) and its amendment read with Clause 5 of the regulation of Board of Special Case on performing duties in special cases between related government agencies, B.E. 2547 (2004). For implementation according with the policies of the Justice Minister Mr. Somsak Thepsuthin and the orders of the Director-General of the DSI for legal proceedings against criminal offenders in every dimension. The DSI cooperated with the Anti Money Laundering Office to seize or forfeit properties relating to the commission of offences, and requested the public prosecutor to petition the court for issuing the order to return or compensate the said properties to the victims, over 6,000 members of the cooperative, and 15 alliance cooperatives.

       For remedies and making the Railway Club’s Savings and Credit Cooperative capable of managing its business, the DSI will integrate its working with the Anti Money Laundering Office for the efficiency in law enforcement, the public trust creation, the urgent return of properties to the victims, and for extending its investigations to related networks for legal proceeding against criminal proceeds and properties as the response to the corruption problems and the requests for reclaiming money of the victims. The DSI and the Anti Money Laundering Office will speed up to track the said related persons and properties for strict legal proceedings pursuant to the Anti Money Laundering Act, B.E. 2542 (1999) and the Special Case Investigation Act, B.E. 2547 (2004).