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Wiroj Lahapan, chairman of the AEC's panel covering the tax evasion allegations, said the panel scheduled the appoint¬ment for Suparat and Revenue Department officials to hear the charges next week.

They include Suparat, for¬mer Revenue Department directorgeneral Sirot Sawatpanit, Paitoon Pongkesorn, Bencha Luicharoen, Chamrat Yaemsoithong, Moreerat Bunyasiri and Krit Wipulanusat. They will be charged with violating Article 154, 157, 83, 84, 86 of the Criminal Law. Another person to be charged is Prani Wetpruekpitak, Khunying Pojaman Shinawatra's close aide.

Wiroj said deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife, Pojaman have so far sued the AEC in regard to their investigation in the Shin Corp case for Bt101 billion and Bt1.5 billion, for its investiga¬tion over the ExportImport Bank of Thailand loan exten¬sion.

AEC spokesman Sak Korsaengruang said the AEC had sought cooperation from the Bank of Thailand to check transactions involving Shin Corp share sales  both local and foreign  as it needs more solid evidence.

He was speaking after a highranking official of the cen¬tral bank official revealed that it found no irregularities of transactions made by 200 com¬panies and individuals at the request of the AEC.