Officials fired after nearly US$60mil found in personal bank accounts

Four Thai officials have been dismissed after authorities found more than two billion baht (RM266.2mil) in their bank accounts, with investigators calling the group “unusually wealthy”.Corruption is rife in the South-East Asian kingdom, with officials often accused of accepting small bribes and pay-offs, but sums of this magnitude are rare.

The approximately US$57mil was discovered in multiple accounts held by three women and a man who work in the Revenue Department in Samut Prakhan province, near the capital Bangkok.