Anant denies money-laundering charges
Property tycoon Anant Asavabhokhin has denied money-laundering charges and expressed confidence that he will be able to clear his name.
Anant made his comments after reporting to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Monday morning to face money laundering charges related to embezzlement at the Klongchan Credit Union Cooperative (KCUC).
Supachai Srisupa-aksorn, a former chief of the KCUC, is now serving a jail term for embezzlement.
“I don’t know Supachai in person. I just met him at the Dhammakaya Temple. Outside the monastery, we have never had any contact. We have never discussed business,” Anant said.
Supachai allegedly used KCUC funds to take over a firm to acquire some land plots, one of which being sold to Anant for Bt93 million – a price far below the market price.
Anant later sold it to a buyer at Bt492 million and donated Bt303 million to the Dhammakaya Temple. The said the land plot is located near the temple in Pathum Thani province.
