AEC report routine and not connected to the race: Sak

"The AEC has no intent to time the release of its report to coincide with the December 23 election," he said.

The report highlighted the completion of five graft cases and outlined the progress of 11 ongoing probes.

The five cases include the Ratchadapisek land case involving Thaksin and his wife Khunying Pojaman, the tax evasion relating to the Shin shares transaction between Pojaman and her brother Bhanapot Damapong, the income tax obligations of Bhanapot, the tax liabilities of Thaksin's children, Panthongtae and Pinthongta, and the unpaid income tax of Ample Rich Investment, an offshore company set up by Thaksin.

Based on the findings of the AEC report, the authorities are in the various stages of collecting Bt33 billion in tax payments relating to the sale of Shin Corp and various transactions involving Thaksin's family members.

In the Bhanapot case, the defence is seeking the appellate review on the income tax estimate worth Bt546 million.

For the case involving Panthongtae and Pinthonta, the Revenue Department has used the report to compute the two's tax liabilites plus fine amounting to Bt11.8 billion.

For the Ample Rich case, the company is located overseas but has earned its revenues in Thailand between 2003 and 2006. Its tax liabilities amount to Bt15 billion. It is also penalised with a fine of Bt476 milion for failing to file the income tax return.

The Ratchapisek case and the tax evasion case both are under the judicial review.

The Nation