In total, the Amlo has so far seized 258 items worth B109 million, all believed to have been acquired through human trafficking.
Gen Sihanart said the latest seizure, the fourth, totalled 68 items which belonged to five suspects: Lt Gen Manas, Patchuban Angchotiphan, Nathapat Saengthong, Channarong Promnut and Hat Thodthing.
Among the assets seized were B4 million from one of Lt Gen Manas’ bank accounts. The rest included land, boats and a hotel.
The Amlo had tracked transfers of money back to suspects. As for Lt Gen Manas, between B20-30 million was found to have been transferred to and from his bank accounts, but it was unclear whether how much of the money was generated by human trafficking or whether other officials had been involved, he said.
“If there is sufficient evidence to prove that the transferred money was from human trafficking, the Amlo will ask the committee handling financial transactions to freeze it. It is now too soon to conclude that the money sent to recipients was from illegal activity,” Gen Sihanart said.
Concerning the seizure of the B4 million from Lt Gen Manas’ account, a source said the Amlo found that the money was transferred by migrant-trafficking suspects. They had no other sources of income except from fishing boats and people-smuggling, the source said.
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