File photo : Bencha Saengchan
Parliament has agreed to establish a House standing committee, as proposed by the Move Forward party, to study the possibility of transferring businesses presently controlled by the military to the people.
The proposal was made by Bencha Saengchan, a Move Forward party-list MP, during the parliamentary session yesterday. She said that the billions of baht the military earns from its commercial interests, which currently go into military accounts, should be reassigned to benefit the country.
Without mentioning names, Bencha informed the chamber that several military generals have accumulated personal fortunes of up to Bt800 million during their time in military service. For a long time, the public has wondered about the generals’ sources of money during their time in the military.
A few days ago, a Defence Ministry spokesman said in an interview that…
