Somsak faces corruption probe
Bangkok Post
Published: 27/04/2011
The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on Wednesday accepted for consideration a petition filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission seeking to ban Somsak Prissananantakul from politics for five years for submitting false declarations of assets and liabilities.
The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on Wednesday accepted for consideration a petition filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission seeking to ban Somsak Prissananantakul from politics for five years for submitting false declarations of assets and liabilities.
Banned politician Somsak Prissananantakul (Photo by Apichit Jinakul)
The NACC's petition states that Mr Somsak, a former MP and education minister of the now dissolved Chart Thai Party, had since 1996 failed to report an 8.7 million baht bank deposit in his declarations of assets and liabilities to the anti-graft agency on taking and leaving the House and ministerial posts.
The Supreme Court is asked by the NACC to ban Mr Somsak from politics for five years under Section 263 of the constitution and take legal action against him under Section 119 of the NACC Act.
The court accepted the petition for consideration and gave Mr Somsak 30 days to submit a defence statement.
The first hearing of this case has been set for June 9.
Mr Somsak, a former executive of the Chart Thai party, is already been under a five-year political ban after the party was ordered dissolved by the Constitution Court for electoral fraud.
Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/234024/somsak-faces-corruption-probe
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