Sombat cleared in unusual wealth case

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Sombat cleared in unusual wealth case

'Nominee' linked to Sathian not to blame

Published: 28 Feb 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

A senior academic had done nothing wrong in the "unusual wealth" case involving former defence permanent secretary Gen Sathian Permthong-in, an investigator said yesterday.

Sombat Chanthornwong, a political science lecturer at Thammasat University, was not guilty of wrongdoing, National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) member Vicha Mahakhun said.

Mr Vicha told the Bangkok Post yesterday that Mr Sombat is only a witness in the case as he is a "nominee", holding the assets on behalf of Gen Sathian's wife and daughter.

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raimund
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Discussion 5 : 28 Feb 2013 at 08.475
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Who is who?? Is it Mr Sombat or Mr.Somsak? As a lecturer at Thammasat University I expected more intelligence from him.
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Discussion 4 : 28 Feb 2013 at 08.374
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There are many "Sombat" in Thailand, so this is just one of them.
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Discussion 3 : 28 Feb 2013 at 08.103
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"He said he withdrew money from the account 15 or 16 times and returned most of it to Ms Nichapat."
Most is a very flexible quantity.
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Discussion 2 : 28 Feb 2013 at 07.452
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The NACC said Mr. Somsak was only a nominee. Of course it's an every day occurrence that one of your students asks you to hold half a million dollars, and you graciously take it and stash it in a bunch of different accounts. Then they get it later and make a 50% profit on "land sales" It sure seems to me, and any one over the age of 15 and a modicum of common sense, that he was an active participant in a money laundering effort. That the good professor didn't see it says volumes about the Thai education system.
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Discussion 1 : 28 Feb 2013 at 03.521
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"Mr Somsak said he had no idea whether the money given to him was legally acquired or not", so why didn't he ask then?
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