IN BRIEF
Social security office: SSO reveals big stakes in AIS, PTT and Ratch
The Social Security Office (SSO) holds a stake of Bt1.13 billion in Advanced Info Service (AIS), SSO secretary-general Phairoj Suksamrit said yesterday.
He said AIS was one of several listed companies in which the SSO held stock. Its largest holding was Bt5.47 billion in PTT, and second-largest was Bt2.37 billion in Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding. The stake in AIS was its third largest.
Labour Minister permanent secretary Somchai Wongsawat said a joint panel, including the media, would be set up to ensure transparency in SSO investments in the market and government bonds. - The Nation.
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Civil court: Seizure of Kamnan Poh assets
The Civil Court yesterday accepted a public prosecutor's request for an extended seizure of assets belonging to Somchai Kunplome, the influential former local official known as "Kamnan Poh". Assets worth more than Bt30 million were allegedly received as bribes in connection with a garbage-disposal project in Chon Buri.
Kitinant Thachpramuk said the assets had been seized at the order of the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) but the 90-day deadline for the seizure ended yesterday. The court accepted the request and said it would reach a ruling in a few days. AMLO has been investigating a Bt93-million garbage-disposal project from 1992. - The Nation.
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