"Khunying Potjaman"

Khunying Potjaman Shinawatra is the wife of Ex-Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra. Potjaman is the great smart wife for Thaksin. She is the great supporter to help Thaksin since they don’t have any property and very poor. They have a lot of debt more over 100 million Baht (in past). Potjaman is back up for Thaksin’s commercial enterprises for long time ago.

When Thaksin found the political party name “Thai ruk Thai ” party and he was elected in highest score to be the first single political party government of Thailand for twice time election. She still has her power to control the government of Thailand, she had been play behind the scenes of her husband’s power and she can make decision rather than Thailand Prime-minister (Thaksin Shinawatra) while her husband still be the Prime-minister.. Till many people said that the government’s resolution will clear if Potjaman accept it. When the Shinawatras governed Thailand, they make a new and change the laws for many times to be in the same direction with their need. They are the rules for play and make advantages to the Shinawatras’s enterprises and corporations group.


In 2006, the Shinawatra family sold their entire stake in Shin Corporation to Temasek Holdings. The Shinawatra and Damapong (Potjaman family) families netted about 73 billion baht tax-free from the sale, using a regulation that made individuals who sell shares on the stock exchange exempt from capital gains tax. After that, Thaksin was deposed by a military coup. The junta-appointed Assets Examination Committee accused her of irregularities in the purchase of government-owned land which known as “Ratchadapisek land purchase bilk case”. Now the Ratchadapisek land case is currently in Supreme Court, division of criminal case of politicians.


In 2003, Financial Institutions Development Fund had set the Ratchadapisek land plots to auction for 33 Rai (13.2 Acre) the real price of this land are 4,200 million baht. Thaksin had sign accept with the announcement of FIDF to sale the Ratchadapisek land by an auction. He set the rule for auction by no minimum price for auction. Potjaman was won in that auction and bought it for just only 772 million baht (least more than real price for 6 times). After Potjaman won an auction, Thaksin had announce to cancel the rule that limitation about the height of construction on that land, which it make the land price was more increasing. It make his wife, Potjaman got the benefit from his announcement. After Thaksin was deposed, the Assets Examination Committee found the evidence for this case and assigns it to the Supreme Court, division of criminal case of politicians to sue Thaksin and Potjaman. The case is still on juridical process but now Thaksin and Potjaman was defect from Thailand to London, England, where they bring the money to buy the house and property as their safety fortress.