The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is preparing to seek warrants for the arrest of two suspects in the Krungthai Bank (KTB) loan scandal after they failed to report to prosecutors on Wednesday.
"If the suspects are found attempting to escape indictment, the DSI will ask the court to approve arrest warrants for them," DSI chief Paisit Wongmuang said.
Suspects Kanchanapa Honghern and her husband Wanchai Honghern failed to report to prosecutors to hear indictments against them on Wednesday.
They did not provide reasons for their absence.
Ms Kanchanapa is secretary to Khunying Pojaman na Pombejra, ex-wife of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The DSI was responsible for the probe into the high-profile money laundering case.
Ms Kanchanapa, her husband Mr Wanchai, and Manop Divari, the father of former Pheu Thai MP Sita Divari are suspects in the KTB loan scandal.
They are the alleged recipients of cheques tied to the wrongfully approved KTB loans.
All three were scheduled to report to the Office of Attorney-General (OAG) to hear the indictments against them.
Mr Manop informed the OAG that he had travelled to Germany and sent a letter to the OAG to request a postponement with a photocopy of a flight ticket as evidence, according to Prayuth Phetkhun, deputy spokesman of the OAG.
Mr Manop has been rescheduled to report to the OAG on Nov 29.
On Oct 10, Panthongtae "Oak" Shinawatra, Thaksin's son, was indicted on charges of conspiracy and collusion in money laundering over a cheque worth 10 million baht which was also tied to the KTB loans.
Ms Kanchanapa and Mr Wanchai are accused of money laundering in connection with another cheque worth 26 million baht.