The Central Criminal Court on Tuesday postponed until Sept 21 its ruling whether to accept a case filed by former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom’s wife against state officials for alleged malfeasance over the seizure of her bank accounts.
Poyjajraphee Teriyapirom accuses the Legal Execution Department, the Department of Foreign Trade and certain officials of malfeasance under Section 157 of Criminal Code over the seizure of two of her bank accounts.
She filed the case after the husband was ordered to pay 1.76 billion baht in compensation for losses caused to the state by bogus government-to-government rice sales when he was commerce minister.
Boonsong was sentenced to 42 years in jail by the court last Friday. The Execution Department has begun seizing his assets.
Ms Poyjairapee owned two of the bank accounts which were seized. She claims this violated Section 157 of the Criminal Code.
The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases had been due to give its decision whether to accept the case or not on Tuesday. The plaintiff did not appear in court, but assigned her lawyer to hear the decision.
The court postponed the decision, saying it wanted the plaintiff to explain why the bank accounts were included in Mr Boonsong's earlier assets declaration to the National Anti-Corruption Commission. The court asked her to clarify the matter in court on Aug 31.
The court will announce whether it will accept the case for consideration or not on Sept 21.
