Second child of deposed PM testifies with AEC
Pinthongta Shinawatra, daughter of ousted prime minister, testified Monday with Assets Examination Committee sub-committee (AEC) over controversial sales of Shin Corp shares to Singapore's Temasek Holdings.
She arrived with her brother, Panthongtae, and younger sister, Praethongtarn, at AEC office at about 10.50am as she is scheduled to testify alone at 11am.
She is welcomed at the entrance by Khunying Jaruvan Maintaka, an AEC member amidst tight security as Shinawatra children were greeted by dozens of media.
The AEC sub-committee is investigating the sale last January of shares worth Bt73 billion in telecoms giant Shin Corp to the Singaporean government's investment arm. The shares were held by Ample Rich Investments, a paper company registered in the British Virgin Islands that was owned by Panthongtae and his sister Pinthongta.
Her brother, Panthongtae and her mother's personal secretary, Kanjanapa Honghern, had already testified with the AEC sub committee. Panthongtae claimed that Kanjanapa took care of the sale of his Shin Corp shares to Singapore's Temasek Holdings and he just signed the paperwork.
"We did everything right," he told reporters at that time.
Shinawatra children were accompanied by their bodyguards, were greeted by more than 100 supporters who offered them flowers and words of encouragement.
They were dogged by scores of reporters who were barred by barricades at the entrance. They did not answer questions from the reporters.
The Nation
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