The Assets Examination Committee (
Thai: คณะกรรมการตรวจสอบการกระทำที่ก่อให้เกิดความเสียหายแก่รัฐ;
RTGS: ''Khana Kammakan Truat Sop Kan Kratham Thi Ko Hai Koet Khwam Sia Hai Kae Rat'', Literal Meaning: the Committee for Inspection of Acts being Detrimental to the State), abbreviated as AEC (
Thai: คตส.,
RTGS: khotoso),
sometimes translated as the Assets Scrutiny Committee or ASC was a Thai
administrative body
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Overview
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in charge of
scrutiny
Scrutiny (French: ''scrutin''; Late Latin: ''scrutinium''; from ''scrutari'', meaning "those who search through piles of rubbish in the hope of finding something of value" and originally from the Latin "scruta," meaning "broken things, rags, or ...
of assets of the ministers in the government of
Pol Lt Col Thaksin Shinawatra. The
Council for National Security
The Council for National Security (; ; abbreviated CNS (), was the military junta that ruled Thailand between its 2006 Thai coup d'état, coup d'état against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on 19 September 2006 until the later coup d'état on ...
, a military
junta that overthrew Thaksin's government in 2006, accused those ministers of having gained assets in a manner against the law or detrimental to the state. They set up the AEC in response.
Members
# Nam Yimyaem (นาม ยิ้มแย้ม),
chairperson
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# Instructor
Kaewsan Atibhoti
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(แก้วสรรค์ อติโพธิ), member and
secretary
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Sak Kosaengrueang (สัก กอแสงเรือง), member and
spokesman
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Duties and function
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#
Klanarong Chanthik (กล้านรงค์ จันทิก), member
#
Khunying Jaruvan Maintaka
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(จารุวรรณ เมณฑกา), member
# Chiranit Hawanon (จิรนิติ หะวานนท์), member
# Assoc Prof
Banjerd Singkaneti (บรรเจิด สิงคะเนติ ), member
# Prof
Wirot Laohaphan (วิโรจน์ เลาหะพันธุ์ ), member
#
Sawat Chotiphanit (สวัสดิ์ โชติพานิช), member (later resigned)
# Prof
Saowani Atsawarot (เสาวนีย์ อัศวโรจน์), member
#
Udom Fueangfung (อุดม เฟื่องฟุ้ง), member
#
Amnuai Thanthara (อำนวย ธันธรา), member
Powers and duties
The AEC's powers and duties were:
# To inspect any performance or project as approved or consented by any person in the Council of Ministers or by the Council of Ministers vacating office by the result of the democratic reform if there is a ground to suspect that it was carried out corruptly or dishonestly
# To inspect any contract, concession or procurement of any government agency, state enterprise or other state agencies if there are grounds to suspect that it rendered illegal benefit to any private individual or it constituted illegal act or corruption or dishonest behaviour
# To inspect any performance of duties of any state official or state agency if there are grounds to suspect that there is a commission of illegal act or corruption or dishonest behavior
# To inspect any act of any person if it is of opinion that such act is illegal or avoiding of duties under the law on taxation and revenue which may be detrimental to the state.
See also
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Potjaman Shinawatra
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Politics of Thailand
The politics of Thailand are conducted within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the prime minister is the head of government and a hereditary monarch is head of state. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the leg ...
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Council for Democratic Reform
The Council for National Security (; ; abbreviated CNS (), was the military junta that ruled Thailand between its coup d'état against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on 19 September 2006 until the later coup d'état on 22 May 2014. Thaksin w ...
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Council for National Security
The Council for National Security (; ; abbreviated CNS (), was the military junta that ruled Thailand between its 2006 Thai coup d'état, coup d'état against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on 19 September 2006 until the later coup d'état on ...
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2006 Thai coup d'état
The 2006 Thai coup d'état took place on 19 September 2006, when the Royal Thai Army staged a coup d'état against the elected caretaker government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The coup d'état, which was Thailand's first non-constitu ...
References
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External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20061004002649/http://www.mict.go.th/cdrc/read.asp?id=8174&cid=1&search=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004011358/http://www.mict.go.th/cdrc/read.asp?id=8107&cid=1&search=
Defunct government agencies of Thailand
Corruption in Thailand