The Anti-Money Laundering Office has asked its counterpart in Singapore to freeze a bank account containing US$500,000 (about 15 million baht) linked to former Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Juthamas Siriwan.
Juthamas was found guilty on Aug 25, 2015 for demanding bribes over the hosting of the Bangkok International Film Festival between 2002 and 2007. She received $1.8 million in bribes from an American couple, in exchange for a 60-million-baht contract to organise the annual film festival.
On Nov 16 last year, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction, which saw Juthamas sentenced to 50 years in prison, and her daughter, Jittisopha, to 40 years.
According to Isra News Agency, Amlo requested the seizure of assets totalling $500,000 in a Singaporean bank account under the name "Buttion & Futures Ltd". The account was originally registered in Jittisopha's name before being changed.
Amlo said the money in the account was probably linked to the bribery case.
Jittisopha was also found guilty in 2015 for aiding Juthamas by opening accounts with several foreign banks, to which the American couple had transferred the bribe money.
The daughter was initially sentenced to 44 years but the Appeal Court cut it to 40 years after ruling that she was not involved in bribery in the 2007 festival.