Assets of ousted Thai PM to be frozen

Thailand’s top graft buster said today the country’s military rulers may freeze the assets of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and members of his Cabinet if evidence is found that they tried to transfer their wealth abroad.

Sawat Chotiphanit, the newly appointed head of an anti-corruption committee, spoke to reporters after coup makers began multi-pronged investigations into alleged wrongdoing by Thaksin and members of his deposed government.