A public prosecutor yesterday filed a civil suit against Potjaman na Pombejra,former wife of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, on behalf of the Bank of Thailand's Financial Institutions Development Fund.
The public prosecutor, Phasin Thipphayarak, filed the case with the Civil Court, asking it to nullify the fund's sale of four land plots, or 33 rai worth 772 million baht, to Khunying Potjaman and to order her to return the ownership of the plots to the fund.
FIDF sold the land to Khunying Potjaman after she won an uncontested bid in December 2003.
The prosecutor claimed the land deal was nullified after the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions convicted Thaksin of violating Article 100 of the National AntiCorruption Act, which forbids politicians and their spouses from business deals with state agencies, last October.
Thaksin and Khunying Potjaman were still married when the land deal was sealed. The former prime minister was accused of using his position to help Khunying Potjaman buy the land at a discounted price.
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