Thaksin was asked for his Cash by Officials ask

Thaksin was asked for his Cash by Officials ask:
"I think it's still in the country," Auditor-General Jaruwan Maintaka said of the US$1.9 billion Thaksin's relatives earned from the sale of their telecoms empire in January.

Where is Thaksin's cash, officials ask

Suitcases on mysterious government flights. Or secret bank accounts in far-flung tropical islands.

The answer to where deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has stashed the bulk of his wealth probably lies closer to home.

"I think it's still in the country," Auditor-General Jaruwan Maintaka said of the US$1.9 billion Thaksin's relatives earned from the sale of their telecoms empire in January.

A week after generals ousted him in a bloodless coup, the billionaire is holed up in a swish London apartment while army-appointed graft-busters, including Jaruwan, take over probes into alleged corruption by his administration.

The panel could freeze and ultimately seize assets if it finds Thaksin and his family worth US$2.2 billion according to Forbes magazine and cabinet colleagues and their families abused power to benefit themselves or others.

As investigators dig into Thaksin's finances, rumours about the whereabouts of his millions abound.

Earlier this week a foreign news agency reported two planes one government owned and the other chartered from Thai Airways had carried more than 100 large suitcases and trunks during Thaksin's extended foreign trip before the 9/19 coup. continued