Bhumjaithai MP loses seat over filing of false financial info

By The Nation

 

Natee Ratchakitprakarn

 

A Bhumjaithai politician was slapped with a ban on electoral rights for five years for filing false financial information with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

 

The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders on Tuesday found Natee Ratchakitprakarn, who became a Bhumjaithai party-list MP after the March 24 election, guilty of concealing assets and debts worth about Bt95 million. 

 

The case came to light after Natee filed her financial report with the NACC as required after the House of Representatives was dissolved in December 2013. The NACC took the case to court after discovering that she had failed to include the property and land worth about Bt2 million that she owns in Phatthalung province, as well as debts owed by her and her husband totalling Bt93 million.

 

The court on Tuesday halved the original penalty of two months in jail and a Bt8,000 fine, and suspended the term for a year because Natee has no police history. 

 

The court has also divested the politician of her electoral rights for five years from December 9, 2013 and due to this, she also loses her party-list MP seat. 

 

Natee appeared to be stressed and had to be supported by two assistants when leaving the courtroom. She also refused to speak to reporters. 

 

Her lawyer, Norawit Lalaeng, said his client had attended the hearing even though she was unwell, adding that he will ask Natee later if she wants to appeal the verdict. 

 

“She wants to thank the media and the court for showing mercy,” he said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30372652

 

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The slim majority is on a diet.Or if I was a Kiwi it would be the slum majority.

93 million debts lol .

93 million debts, at 5% interest per month, that's a nice income of nearly 5 million a month.

16 minutes ago, jackdd said:

93 million debts, at 5% interest per month, that's a nice income of nearly 5 million a month.

 

36 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

as well as debts owed by her and her husband totalling Bt93 million.

I assumed that she and her husband are in debt to the tune of 93,000,000 baht? Owed by her and her husband as opposed to "owed to her and her husband".

Or possibly poor reporting?

18 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

 

I assumed that she and her husband are in debt to the tune of 93,000,000 baht? Owed by her and her husband as opposed to "owed to her and her husband".

Or possibly poor reporting?

Could also be. I thought they mean debts owed to her, because they write "concealing assets and debts worth about Bt95 million", so the "worth" to her if she would own the debt to somebody would be -91 million and not 95 million

Doesn't she have any dead friends?

4 hours ago, whaleboneman said:

Doesn't she have any dead friends?

Watch what your saying????

4 hours ago, whaleboneman said:

Doesn't she have any dead friends?

Are dead friends good for money or only watches? 

2 ministers out even before the cabinet is royal endorsed. Looks like vacancy for tourism and labour ministers up for grabs again. Talk about a quick turnover for cabinet positions. More to come for sure. 

AFAIK she was not nominated because of the NACC investigation. http://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/print_news/TCATG190704173815375

"The court has also divested the politician of her electoral rights for five years from December 9, 2013 and due to this, she also loses her party-list MP seat."

 

So, in other words, she already regained her electoral rights as of last December.  Why was she disqualified from the March 2019 election?  Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see her elected, but like so many news reports in Thailand, the numbers and dates never add up.

So she is now known as not my mate Natee????