By Thai Newsroom Reporters
A COUPLE of former lawmakers have been charged for getting “unusually rich” with their allegedly undeserved wealth being consequently subject to expropriation as state property at the order of the Supreme Court.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has formally forwarded separate confiscation lawsuits to the Supreme Court judges in charge of criminal cases against persons in political positions against former Pheu Thai MP Suchart Lainamngern and former Pheu Pandin MP Chaiyot Chirametakorn who were allegedly found by the anti-graft agency to have become “unusually rich” with 53.5 million baht and 9.6 million baht in personal assets respectively, thus bound to be confiscated and held as state property at the order of the court.
Suchart had been charged for getting “unusually rich” whilst performing as secretary to a deputy transport minister in the time of a previous Pheu Thai-led government under former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra over the last 12 years. The ex-MP of the Pheu Thai, currently the second largest coalition partner, was defeated in the general election held earlier this year for a constituency of Lopburi where he ran under the Palang Pracharath tickets.
Chaiyot had encountered similar charges for his previous position as deputy education minister in the time of a Democrat-led government under former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva over the last 16 years. He had been a six-time lawmaker of Udorn Thani, five times under the Democrat tickets and one time under the now-dissolved Pheu Pandin banners.
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Top and Front Page: Former MPs Chaiyot Chirametakorn, left, and Suchart Lainamngern, right. Composite photo – Naewna
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