Bangkok: Natthaphon met with the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) as scheduled and was subsequently taken to the prosecutor’s office.
According to Thai News Agency, which issued a press release regarding the dissemination of news in the public media, Mr. Natthaphon is one of 14 individuals accused in a money laundering case involving the sale of land by Mr. Supachai Srisupa-aksorn, the former chairman of the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative. The transaction, valued at 477 million baht, has been under scrutiny, and the public prosecutor requested the DSI to locate Mr. Natthaphon to proceed with filing a lawsuit. The press release also mentioned that Mr. Natthaphon was scheduled to meet with the special case investigator on May 28, 2025, to be sent to the public prosecutor.
On the scheduled date, Mr. Natthaphon arrived to meet with the special case investigation team from the Criminal Money Laundering Division. Alongside Mr. Natthaphon, Mr. Ratthasit, another individual the public prosecutor had ordered to be tracked down and prosecuted, was also brought to the public prosecutor’s office of special cases to continue with the legal proceedings.
This case, designated as special case number 42/2016, involves accusations against Mr. Supachai and 14 others for ‘jointly laundering money and colluding to launder money’ in violation of the Anti-Money Laundering Act B.E. 2542. The investigation concluded that it was appropriate to indict the accused, and the case was forwarded to the public prosecutor on November 13, 2017. The public prosecutor subsequently agreed to indict the accused, marking the next step in bringing them to court.