Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (L) stands with his son Panthongtae during a news conference at a hotel in Bangkok. -Reuters
The only son of fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been formally charged with money-laundering, the Department of Special Investigations told Reuters on Wednesday.
Panthongtae Shina-watra is accused of receiving a 10 million baht ($300,000) check in 2004 related to an earlier corruption case involving 9.9 billion baht ($296 million) of fraudulent loans extended by the state-owned Krungthai Bank when his father was prime minister.
The deputy spokesman of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Woranan Srilum, said Panthongtae had turned himself in on Tuesday but had been released as no arrest warrant for him has been issued. Panthongtae could now gather evidence for his case, Woranan said, while the DSI must decide whether to take the case to the criminal court.
Panthongtae was not available for comment. He complained this month of victimization and called for the dropping of the money-laundering investigation.
-Reuters, Bangkok
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