Published on December 12, 2005

The Democrats are planning to file a lawsuit tomorrow against Peeraphan Prempooti, a former secretary-general of the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO), on charges of malfeasance, party deputy spokesman Sathit Pitutecha said yesterday.

Sathit said that although the lower court and Appeal Court had both ruled that Somchai Kunplome (or Kannan Poh) was guilty of corruption in a land-procurement case in Chon Buri, after two years AMLO had yet to seize Somchai’s assets.

The office said the trail of dirty money had been clearly established, but that it still needed to investigate Somchai’s assets. Peeraphan’s four-year term ended on December 1.

Sathit said Police Colonel Yuthaboon Dissaman, AMLO’s deputy secretary-general, must seize Somchai’s assets immediately and return his ill-gotten gains to the people.

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