Somyot Poompanmoung (; ; born 27 December 1954) is a former commissioner-general of the

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and current president of the

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. Following the military coup of 22 May 2014, Somyot was appointed to the National Legislative Council (NLC). Members are required to reveal their assets and properties to determine if they are "unusually rich". Somyot and his wife's net worth was reported to be about 355 million

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(roughly US$11 million). One government critic said that this raised "...questions about how a lifelong career in the public service could have made him a millionaire." On 11 February 2016, Somyot was elected the new president of the

. On 3 June 2019, he was appointed as

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Executive Committee Members to represent the

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Victoria's Secret loan

In 2018, Somyot publicly declared that he had borrowed 300 million baht from the fugitive owner of the Victoria's Secret Massage parlour while serving as national police chief in 2014 and 2015. Somyot's admission came after the

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(DSI) revealed that its Victoria's Secret investigation found that the money trail of the business's owner, Kampol Wirathepsuporn, led to the former police chief. When asked why he borrowed so much money from Mr Kampol, he answered that his police job was a sideline career and he needed the funds for his other businesses, including a stock trading firm. Somyot did not report the loans in his assets declaration submitted to the

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as required during his term in office.

Awards

* The ''Most Exalted''

Order of the White Elephant __NOTOC__ The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant ( th, เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก; ) is an order (decoration), orde ...

* The ''Most Noble''

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References

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