Revenue dept Sirote and four officials dismissed
Sub-committee on civil service agreed to fire Sirote Sawasdipanich as director general of the Revenue Department after he found guilty of negligence and malfeasance for failing to collect taxes from the purchases of Shin Corp by the family of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Four others officials of the department are also fired on the same charges. They were Wichai Juengrakkiet, director of state enterprises' policies, Moleerat Bunyasirinitikorn, director of legal division, Kuruedee Saengsayan, legal expert and Sujinda Saengchupoo, legal expert
The order is to take effect within three days.
The sub-committee met Monday morning after the National Counter Corruption Commission recently found probable causes of malfeasance by Sirote and five revenue officials related to tax exemption for the shares transfer of a brother-in-law of former prime minister Thaksin.
The full NCCC agreed with the report of a sub-committee and found probable causes to believe that Sirote and the five revenue officials had committed dereliction of duty for failing to collect taxes from Banaphot Damapong when receives shares which were transferred from Duangta Wongphakdee.
Duangta is a servant of Thaksin's wife, Pojaman Shinawatra
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