ENDSI Acting Director-General led the searches on companies financially linked to the importer of animal carcasses (pork) and seized evidence
published: 12/22/2023 11:48:25 AM updated: 1/4/2024 4:27:55 PM 27 views
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DSI Acting Director-General led the searches on companies financially linked to the importer of animal carcasses (pork) and seized evidence
On 21 December 2023, Police
Major Yutthana Praedam, Acting Director General of the DSI, led the special case
inquiry official team of the special case no. 104/2566, joined by the officials
of the Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS), to execute
the Criminal Court’s search warrants on Food Village Co., Ltd. in Phra Prathon Subdistrict,
Mueang District, Nakhon Pathom Province and Tanaosri Kai Thai Co., Ltd. in Thanon
Khat Subdistrict Mueang District, Nakhon Pathom Province, to search for
evidence.
This operation originated from the DSI’s
investigation on the case of import of animal carcasses (pork) into the Kingdom
without permission. The investigation discovered that offenders’ financial
trails were linked to the said two companies. Moreover, it was found that the money
was transferred to a group of companies owned by Chinese and Thai owners that
imported frozen parts of chicken carcasses into the Kingdom without permission and
exported them to China by assuming the identity of a company with permission.
The search on Food Village Co., Ltd.
resulted in the seizure of 7 computers and documents regarding its trades with Tanaosri
Kai Thai Co., Ltd. For the search on Tanaosri Kai Thai Co., Ltd., the team seized
documents, namely, Permit for transport of animals or carcass into, out of, or within
the temporary epidemic zone or epidemic surveillance zone, animal meat vendor
certificate, animal epidemic analysis, testing, and autopsy report, list of goods
vendors and service providers, health certificate for frozen food, and record of
chicken sales, etc. Afterward, the executives of both companies will be
summoned to be interviewed by the special case inquiry officials regarding the
relevant facts on this matter.
Apart from the financial trails, the
investigation also uncovered evidence linked to high-ranking officials, both government
officials and political officials of the related agencies, especially the agencies
authorizing the import and export of the goods, who were suspected of
conspiring in the wrongdoing.
21 December 2023
