Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party (MFP), is facing new scrutiny over claims that he owns shares of a now-defunct media company.
Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, a Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) list-MP candidate, yesterday petitioned the Election Commission (EC) and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate Mr Pita, also the party’s prime ministerial candidate.
The move followed Mr Pita’s explanation on Tuesday, in which he said the iTV shares belong to his family but appear to be registered under his name as he had been appointed executor for the shares.
He said he was appointed executor when his father, the shares’ original owner, died 17 years ago. He wasn’t worried about the fresh attempt to discredit him, as the NACC had been briefed about their existence.
Citing company registration documents from the Department of Business…
