Thai deputy PM resigns from AMLO

Thai deputy PM resigns from AMLO

THAILAND: Deputy premier Chavalit Yongchaiyudh stepped down on
Tuesday from his role overseeing the Anti-Money Laundering Office
(AMLO) to take responsibility for an asset probes scandal.

"I have informed the prime minister that I wish to resign from
overseeing AMLO, as well as the Office of the Narcotics Control
Board (ONCB), because I have to take responsibility (for the
probes)," he told reporters.

A government-appointed committee ruled on Monday that two
senior members of AMLO will face disciplinary measures for the
office's controversial probe into the assets of prominent media
figures.

The committee found AMLO was responsible for ordering the
probes targeting editors from the independent Nation Multimedia
Group and Naew Na newspaper, which have been prominent critics of
the government. --AFP