Suthin Klangsaeng, deputy spokesman for the former ruling party, said a Thai Rak Thai panel monitoring the administration had received many complaints from people asking it to investigate alleged corruption under the current government.

"The panel is collecting the complaints, after which we will forward them to the National Counter Corruption Commission and the Assets Examination Committee," he said.

Suthin said at least three ministries were accused of corruption.

First, there were complaints about the Agriculture Ministry's compensation of Bt220 million to farmers who were affected by flash floods last year.

"The ministry did not pay cash but gave out seeds instead, which is an old method of corruption," Suthin said.

Other allegedly corrupt schemes were under the Transport and Interior ministries, the spokesman said.

He said the party had received information that supported claims by lawyer Noppadon Pattama, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's legal adviser, that a wife of junta chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin took "kickbacks" from Channel 5's programming.

The party expects to expose the Channel 5 case to the public next week, he said.

"The junta spokesmen and the government should pay attention to these complaints rather than try to defend them because the people hope that the junta will help them," he said.