Pheu Thai lawyer petitions NACC to confiscate Prawit’s undeclared assets

[snoop1130]

Pheu Thai lawyer petitions NACC to confiscate Prawit’s undeclared assets

By The Nation

 

 

The Pheu Thai Party’s legal officer has petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to confiscate General Prawit Wongsuwan’s wristwatches and a diamond ring, and to scrutinise whether his acquisition of the luxury assets was lawful.

 

Ruangkrai Leekitwattana on Monday cited Articles 78 and 79 of the NACC law as allowing such action to be taken.

 

He also presented to the NACC two photographs showing Prawit, who is deputy prime minister and defence mister, wearing an expensive watch.

 

Prawit should disclose his assets straightforwardly rather than having the media expose them, Ruangkrai said.

 

The Pheu Thai lawyer also said the NACC had scrutinised former PM Yingluck Shinawatra when she had been seen wearing a Bt2.5-million watch, as well as another 500 cases involving political office holders. 

 

It should therefore be able to undertake similar scrutiny in the case involving Prawit, he insisted.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30335713

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-1-8

[quandow]

I thought he said he "borrowed" them. ???

[Tilacme]

Confiscate and sell at auction before any court decision, as they attempted with the super cars.

[coulson]

But they don't belong to him!!!

 

[mok199]

that is one sexy man...looks like he was pored into that uniform..AMUSING THAILAND....prrrrrrrrr

[NCC1701A]

Prawit the Hut.

 

 

Edited January 8, 2018 by NCC1701A

[webfact]

Pheu Thai demands NACC confiscate Prawit’s wristwatches, ring, and probe his ownership

By The Nation

 

PHEU Thai Party has petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to confiscate General Prawit Wongsuwan’s wristwatches and a diamond ring, and to probe whether his acquisition of the luxury assets was lawful.

 

The party’s legal officer, Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, yesterday demanded that the NACC notify Prawit about the matter, or enforce its authority and confiscate the assets before probing whether the acquisition was lawful.

 

Prawit should actually be straightforward and disclose his assets rather than have the media expose them, Ruangkrai said.

 

The Pheu Thai lawyer said the NACC had probed former PM Yingluck Shinawatra when she was seen wearing a Bt2.5-million watch, as well as another 500 cases involving political office holders. It should, therefore, be able to undertake a similar scrutiny in the case involving Prawit, he insisted.

 

NACC president Pol General Watcharapol Prasarnrajkit in a separate interview insisted that the thorough investigation would not be overly influenced by any one commissioner.

 

Watcharapol said the commissioners had agreed that their decision-making process must be straightforward and transparent, as the issue involved public interest.

 

He said he was not worried about anything, as the NACC resolution on the matter would be passed by a majority vote and every commissioner would be responsible for it.

 

The remark came following concerns that Watcharapol’s personal close connection with Prawit could affect the NACC’s decision on the issue.

 

Watcharapol was the PM’s Office deputy secretary-general attached to Prawit in 2014 when the coup-installed government was formed.

 

The NACC president also denied having counselled Prawit on the watch issue.

 

“Why [would Prawit] unburden himself to me? He just does his job and I do mine,” he said. “He hasn’t sought any advice with me. He won’t. Don’t you worry about that.”

 

Prawit was caught up in controversy over a month ago when he was spotted in a Cabinet group photograph wearing a luxurious Richard Mille timepiece that could have cost millions of baht.

 

The NACC took the matter in hand after members of the public questioned whether Prawit had declared the watch as an asset when he became a minister.

 

When the agency demanded that Prawit provide an explanation, more photos of the general wearing fancy wristwatches kept emerging. Netizens now believe that Prawit could have at least 15 such expensive watches.

 

Prawit, late last month, submitted an explanation letter to the agency, but new photos continued appearing on the Internet.

 

Watcharapol said NACC officials might need more time to verify the information before making a judgement.

 

Four individuals had been summoned to the inquiry, he said. Whether the agency would need to call any other witnesses was not clear yet.

 

Prawit, meanwhile, refused to speak about the issue yesterday, saying only that it should be left to the NACC.

 

The general shrugged off the fact that the controversy has drawn wide criticism of him on the Internet. 

 

He also refused to say if he had submitted an additional explanation to the agency, saying that he did not know and then walked out of the media interview.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30335734

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-01-09

 

[KhunMhee]

Ohh This might get interesting.

[ramrod711]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Prawit should disclose his assets straightforwardly rather than having the media expose them, Ruangkrai said.

I agree, how do they feel about members of their own party, past or present?

[klauskunkel]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Ruangkrai Leekitwattana on Monday cited Articles 78 and 79 of the NACC law as allowing such action to be taken.

The law "allows" such action to be taken,... not "demands", or "orders". No, "allows" is good enough for it means the law may, but doesn't have to. Hip hip hooray for those uncanny law-designers.

[RichardColeman]

More chance of Prayuts prediction of Thai being the number one language in the world soon than the NACC doing anything.

[YetAnother]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

It should therefore be able to undertake similar scrutiny in the case involving Prawit, he insisted.

nah; the NACC can sweep this under the rug because they Can;

they report indirectly to the Junta which has stocked their roster; they wont kill the golden goose

[NCC1701A]

well this is all very interesting but I am off to start my day in my borrowed designer clothes and borrowed Porsche 911. I will just give my borrowed girlfriend a hug goodbye as I leave my borrowed condo.

Edited January 9, 2018 by NCC1701A

[PatOngo]

5 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

well this is all very interesting but I am off to start my day in my borrowed designer clothes and borrowed Porsche 911. I will just give my borrowed girlfriend a hug goodbye as I leave my borrowed condo.

Can't you borrow an expensive watch???

 

 

[YetAnother]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Pheu Thai lawyer petitions NACC to confiscate Prawit’s undeclared assets

just grandstanding to keep this issue at the fore;

bet he has Zero expectation the junta-backed NAAC would ever dare do anything

[JonnyF]

The NACC are in a tight spot. Upset their paymasters, or lose all remaining credibility. Since money (and personal safety) is extremely important, I'm guessing they opt for the latter.

[Baerboxer]

3 hours ago, KhunMhee said:

Ohh This might get interesting.

 

No it won't. No one at the NACC gives a flying fig about what the PTP and their illustrious legal team "demand". 

 

Besides which don't remember them complaining when their former DPM Police Capt. Dr. Chalerm said all his very expensive cars were on loan from an anonymous Singaporean businessman friend.

 

PTP hypocrisy - how surprising is that!

 

Seems the real grumble is you must believe our lies but no one else's.

[Baerboxer]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

The NACC are in a tight spot. Upset their paymasters, or lose all remaining credibility. Since money (and personal safety) is extremely important, I'm guessing they opt for the latter.

 

Credibility - don't think that bothers them in the slightest, assuming they know what it means.

[KhunMhee]

37 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

No it won't. No one at the NACC gives a flying fig about what the PTP and their illustrious legal team "demand". 

 

Besides which don't remember them complaining when their former DPM Police Capt. Dr. Chalerm said all his very expensive cars were on loan from an anonymous Singaporean businessman friend.

 

PTP hypocrisy - how surprising is that!

 

Seems the real grumble is you must believe our lies but no one else's.

Haha you're not wrong. I have yet to see a government in power with out the me first attitude. Absolute power corrupts absolutely

[Happyman58]

3 hours ago, YetAnother said:

just grandstanding to keep this issue at the fore;

bet he has Zero expectation the junta-backed NAAC would ever dare do anything

Yeah this guy has got as much chance of winning this as to seeing it snow in the Sahara desert NACC  mind is made up and they would just take his attempt on the watches as one big joke  In fact his petition would already be in the bin

[sawadee1947]

19 hours ago, Tilacme said:

Confiscate and sell at auction before any court decision, as they attempted with the super cars.

No, start a lottery and use the money to buy proper submarines 

[baboon]

17 hours ago, mok199 said:

that is one sexy man...looks like he was pored into that uniform..AMUSING THAILAND....prrrrrrrrr

Could I just politely point out that some people are eating while they peruse these threads...?