Thai Senator Indicted on Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Charges

Charges are linked to Myanmar businessman Tun Min Latt, with profits from illegal drug sales allegedly laundered through a power company they controlled.

• Thai Senator Upakit Pachariyangkun has been indicted on six charges involving narcotics trafficking, money laundering and association with a transnational criminal organization.
• The charges are linked to Tun Min Latt, a businessman from Myanmar who is close to the country's ruling military and has been sanctioned by the United States for his role in supporting the junta.
• The case alleges that profits from the sale of illegal drugs were laundered through a power company that Tun Min Latt and Upakit controlled.
• Upakit and Tun Min Latt have had shared interests in several companies, including a casino in Myanmar and a Thai power company.
• Thailand's Narcotics Control Board has seized property worth more than 400 million baht ($11.5 million) from Upakit on suspicion it was illegally gained.

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