The revenue department director within the Ratchathewi district of Bangkok was apprehended for soliciting bribes amounting to three million baht from a real property agency in exchange for a tax exemption worth greater than 40 million baht.
The director, recognized as Pramuan, was arrested yesterday at a resort situated within the Ratchathewi area after he arranged a gathering with the true estate firm to receive the bribe. Despite the accusations, he refuted the claims, stating that he was unaware of the cash contained in the envelope and assumed it was a doc.
Pramuan was arrested after the real property firm filed a complaint. The firm reported that Pramuan contacted them and demanded payment of 40 million baht for building and land tax.
Although the corporate was willing to pay the tax, Pramuan supplied to maintain the matter confidential in the occasion that they paid him three million baht. Later, he increased the demand to 3,500,000 baht, claiming that he needed to share the money with other authorities. He ultimately lowered the amount to three,200,000 baht.
The company deemed Pramuan’s solicitation of bribes as dishonest and notified the police. The police then collaborated with the corporate to stage an operation during which they agreed to Pramuan’s offer and caught him red-handed taking the money at a hotel.
On the day of the assembly, the police waited till Pramuan took the envelope containing the money from the company earlier than arresting him.
Pramuan was charged with violating Section 149 of the Criminal Law by being a government official who wrongfully calls for, accepts or agrees to just accept property or any other profit for exercising or not exercising any of the duties. The punishment will outcome within the dying penalty, imprisonment from five to twenty years, and a fantastic from one hundred,000 to four hundred,000 baht.
All-inclusive faces a penalty of imprisonment from one to 10 years, a nice of 2,000 to 10,000 baht, or both for violating Section 157 of the Criminal Law which states that whoever, being a government officer, wrongfully workouts or does not exercise any of duties or dishonestly exercises or omits to train any of duties shall be punished..