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Commerce and Interior Ministries Crack Down on Foreign Nominee Busines

Commerce and Interior Ministries Crack Down on Foreign Nominee Busines

Matichon•Economy•48m ago

Reader Briefing

The Department of Business Development and the Ministry of Interior have integrated data to prevent and suppress nominee businesses favoring foreigners.

  • •Kittiwat Patchimnan announced the cooperation on November 13.
  • •The initiative focuses on six key areas including illegal land and hotel holdings, industrial waste plants, and professional service firms.
  • •Real-time data integration will be established between multiple government agencies including the DSI and AMLO.
  • •Investigations have identified foreigners using residents' addresses in Sakon Nakhon and Nakhon Phanom for company registration without permission.

Overview

  • •On November 13, Kittiwat Patchimnan of the Department of Business Development discussed nominee suppression guidelines with Polpee Suwannachawee.
  • •The Ministry of Interior will oversee area-level operations, administration data, and land ownership.
  • •The Department of Business Development will monitor legal entity registration, shareholder structures, and directors to screen for nominee behavior.
  • •The Department of Business Development is coordinating with the Department of Provincial Administration to check hotel license holders against business databases.
  • •The Department of Business Development is investigating industrial waste plants in Prachinburi that may involve foreign capital despite having 100% Thai shareholders.
  • •The Ministry of Interior discovered foreigners using house numbers in Sakon Nakhon and Nakhon Phanom to register companies without the homeowners' knowledge.
  • •The Department of Business Development will check accounting and law offices that may act as intermediaries for nominees, reporting violators to the Federation of Accounting Professions.
  • •A task force and real-time data link will be established between the Ministry of Interior, the Department of Lands, the Department of Business Development, the DSI, the AMLO, and the Immigration Bureau.

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Key Quotes

Kittiwat Patchimnan
"The suppression of nominee businesses requires cooperation from all sectors, especially government agencies with different authorities."
การปราบปรามธุรกิจนอมินีจำเป็นต้องอาศัยความร่วมมือจากทุกภาคส่วน โดยเฉพาะหน่วยงานภาครัฐที่มีอำนาจหน้าที่แตกต่างกัน

Key Entities

Person

Kittiwat Patchimnan(กิตติวัฒน์ ปัจฉิมนันท์)
Director General of the Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce.
Polpee Suwannachawee(พลพีร์ สุวรรณฉวี)
Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Interior.

Organization

Department of Business Development(กรมพัฒนาธุรกิจการค้า)
An agency under the Ministry of Commerce responsible for legal entity registration and shareholder monitoring.
Ministry of Commerce(กระทรวงพาณิชย์)ℹ️
The ministry overseeing the Department of Business Development.
Ministry of Interior(กระทรวงมหาดไทย)ℹ️
The ministry responsible for area-level supervision, administration, and land ownership oversight.
Department of Provincial Administration(กรมการปกครอง)ℹ️
The agency that issues hotel business licenses.
Ministry of Industry(กระทรวงอุตสาหกรรม)ℹ️
The agency receiving data to investigate waste plants in Prachinburi.
Federation of Accounting Professions(สภาวิชาชีพบัญชีฯ)
The body that will take action against accountants found to be involved in nominee activities.
Lawyers Council of Thailand(สภาทนายความ)
The organization from which the Department of Business Development is requesting lawyer names for investigation.
Department of Lands(กรมที่ดิน)
An agency involved in the proposed real-time data integration for nominee detection.
Department of Special Investigation (DSI)(กรมสอบสวนคดีพิเศษ (DSI))
An agency involved in the proposed real-time data integration for nominee detection.
Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)(สำนักงานป้องกันและปราบปรามการฟอกเงิน (ปปง.))
An agency involved in the proposed real-time data integration for nominee detection.
Immigration Bureau(สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมือง)
An agency involved in the proposed real-time data integration for nominee detection.

Place

Prachinburi Province(จ.ปราจีนบุรี)ℹ️
The location of industrial waste treatment plants under investigation for foreign capital involvement.
Sakon Nakhon Province(จังหวัดสกลนคร)ℹ️
A province where residents' addresses were used for unauthorized company registrations.
Nakhon Phanom(นครพนม)ℹ️
A province where residents' addresses were used for unauthorized company registrations.