SOCIAL activists brought two victims of bank accounts being frozen for months on suspicion of being linked to money-muling to file complaints at the police headquarters today (Sep. 15), Amarin TV said.
Dr. Thanakun Jit-Issara, president of the Santi Prachadham Club, and Ms. Chalida Palamat, or Ton Or, president of Be One Foundation, said they had received numerous complaints from the public who had been locked out of their accounts and had requested police to review mule account management measures.
They only support freezing the money transferred by fraudsters and not the whole account so that honest people are not badly affected.
When it comes to temporary account suspension, those who are hit or those who are suspicious of money arriving from unknown sources should call 1441 to enquire, Thanakun said.
Chalida said both the victims who they brought to file a complaint today are honest workers with one running a beauty parlour and the other is a rider.
Ms. Angsumalin Petchsawangpaisan, 40, the beauty parlour owner, said last April her main account to which her customers would scan a QR code and transfer cash got frozen and she later found it was due to 1,200 baht one of the customers had transferred which raised mule account suspicions.
She insisted she was not involved and although she contacted government agencies and the bank to unlock it, it remains frozen. The account has around 100,000 baht which might not seem like a lot of money to some people but for her it is revolving cash for her family. She had to sell her gold to make ends meet.
Ms. Jaranee Chansingh, 44, a rider, said that a close friend had asked her to help the owner of a diamond jewellery store with cash transfers by his customers in terms of hundreds of thousands of baht as it was not convenient for her to do so.
Trusting her, Ms. Jarunee did not refuse. She withdrew the money several times without receiving any compensation, other than a fee for driving to withdraw the cash. Four to five months later, her account was frozen after police discovered a connection to illegal activities.
She said she is deeply affected as her account has been frozen for seven to eight months now and she is unable to withdraw a large sum of cash. Moreover she had to travel to Chiang Mai where the complaint against her was filed.
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Dr. Thanakun Jit-Issara and Ms. Chalida Palamat accompanying two victims of account freezing to file complaints with police. Photos: Amarin TV
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