Lawyer Tum' provides decisive evidence for DSI to investigate after there is evidence of meeting the boss of The Icon group at a famous shop near the company. Sittra Biabangkerd, or Lawyer Tum, Secretary-General of the People's Lawyer Team Foundation, traveled to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to meet Pol. Lt. Col. Yuthana Praedam, Acting Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation, to file a complaint against Mr. Samart for money laundering in a case where an audio clip appeared to show him demanding money from "Boss Paul" of the Icon Group. Lawyer Tum stated that the main issue was to request an investigation of the clip and prosecute Mr. Samart for money laundering. He submitted various evidence, including audio clips of conversations and documents of money transfers, to the DSI. The witness who came to testify today is a relatively important witness who is close to and close to Mr. Samart. The police asked the DSI to take special care of this witness because they are conc erned about his safety. The director-general agreed yesterday, so today the witness dared to testify. The witness has been with Mr. Samart for 5 years and was aware of the meeting with the executives of The Icon on October 8, 2024 from 8:00 p.m. to 8:40 p.m. at a restaurant near a famous shopping mall near The Icon Company. Yesterday, I and DSI went to the shop and collected some evidence. It is quite important evidence. It is decisive evidence and can definitely convict the perpetrator. There is an audio clip that says that Mr. Samart can receive 100,000 baht per month from The Icon. At this time, The Icon is being charged with fraud / Payment to Mr. Samart is payment to help with illegal activities. Therefore, they have come to file a complaint for money laundering under Section 3(3) and Section 5(3). As for Mr. Samart, whether the money went into his own pocket or somewhere else, it is still unknown. The latest update yesterday is that Mr. Samart still called this witness. The witness came out because he was attacked. He does not know who did it to the point of being so angry that he had to come out and speak. When asked if the matter would be hushed up if politicians were involved, Lawyer Tum said that we would have to see how serious the Minister of Justice and the Director-General of DSI would be and how sacred the angels were. If the evidence reached the elders, they would not be kept. Pol. Lt. Col. Woranan Srilam, Director of the Non-system Financial Business Case Division and Spokesperson of the Department of Special Investigation, stated that today, Lawyer Tum has brought an important witness who is suspected of being involved in the money laundering process to the Department of Special Investigation. From now on, the Department of Special Investigation will consider and proceed quickly. As for the issue of whether the ICON Group case will be considered a special case or not, it depends on the trend along with the facts. If it meets the legal conditions, it will be a joint effort between the DSI and the police. As for the land that was previously seized, it was confirmed that it belongs to the ICON Group company. It was purchased from an individual, not a juristic person. However, it has not yet been discovered what the relationship is with Boss. In the case of the Forex WCF pyramid scheme in 2023, Pol. Lt. Col. Woranan said that officials have been able to gather sufficient evidence, part of which came from opening channels for victims to register and provide information through various channels of the Department of Special Investigation nationwide. The current status is that the testimonies of the victims are gradually returning to the case. In terms of other investigations, they are being carried out simultaneously. In addition, today, there was a victim of the essential oil pyramid scheme case who came to file a complaint with Lawyer Tum, saying that they were tricked into investing in the pyramid scheme since 2012, but now, more than 10 years have passed and the case has not progressed. The victim claims that Mr. Samart, at that time the president of the Anti-Pyramid Association, offered to help with the case in exchange for the victims in the group voting for him every time there was an important election. For example, during the general election in 2023, Mr. Samart contacted about 414 victims in the group, saying that he would help with the case, taking them to file a complaint at the Government House Complaint Center, before saying, 'I helped you, so you have to help me too.' At that time, the victims helped vote for Mr. Samart's party. However, after the vote, Mr. Samart went quiet and did not help with the case. Even now, the victims have not received any money back or any compensation, causing the victims to worry that the case will be hushed up, so they gathered to file a complaint with Lawyer Tum. Lawyer Tum said that the victims came to file a complaint about Mr. Samart asking the victims' group to help vote in the election in exchange for helping with the case, but when they voted, he just let it go. Initially, he contacted the DSI to help with this case. Source: Thai News Agency
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