"Pond Chakkris," a well-known rescuer, admitted that withdrawals of 30,000 baht each time are due to association regulations before transferring the money to his wife's account, who is the treasurer, to allocate funds through their network to help people.,
On 17 Jul 2026 GMT+7, in the controversy involving "Pond Chakkris Tangtong," a famous rescuer exposed by various pages for allegedly embezzling 81.9 million baht from 246 million baht in donations, with withdrawals of 30,000 baht over 10,000 times and a maximum daily withdrawal of 1 million baht, and despite the association closing in December 2024, funds continued to flow into this account.
Regarding this issue, "Pond Chakkris" opened up on the "Hon Krasae" program, accompanied by Mrs. Naina, who has been actively pushing for an investigation into the association, as Pond had previously posted her messages leading to online attacks.
Mrs. Naina revealed that she filed a complaint with the local administrative authority to investigate the association. Subsequently, the association issued a false letter to the authority appointing Pond as public relations officer. When the authority inspected, there was no such information, but the association then created new documents and submitted them to the provincial authority, which led to the association’s closure. Thus, Pond’s claims that she was harassing them are unfounded and contradicted by evidence.
Pond Chakkris stated that the association’s funds did not amount to 200 million baht, and he wanted to know where that figure came from.
Mrs. Naina said she asked the authorities to have the police help investigate but clarified that she was not the one posting online.
Pond countered that she encouraged others to post online to create issues, saying he has faced such situations many times. He questioned that if she were sincere with him, why would false documents be created? Mrs. Naina immediately asked what false documents he meant.
Pond showed a daily log document believed to be from one of Mrs. Naina’s subordinates reporting a false complaint accusing him of fraud after he transferred 100 baht from donations and later withdrew it. Mrs. Naina explained that Pond tricked the person into withdrawing the complaint before filing a counter-complaint, but Pond insisted no coercion was involved.
When asked about his wife withdrawing 30,000 baht each time, Pond confirmed this was true, explaining that the association’s rules limit withdrawals to no more than 30,000 baht per transaction, but denied the claim of over a thousand withdrawals, supporting his statement with documents the association submits annually to the Revenue Department showing yearly income.
Asked what the withdrawn money was used for, Pond explained that his wife, as treasurer, transfers daily withdrawals into a central account, then uses banking apps to distribute funds to volunteer subordinates’ accounts and his own for vehicle repairs, transporting bodies, and purchasing coffins. Since the association’s account cannot transfer directly through banking apps, the central account is audited alongside the association’s account during inspections.
Additionally, they have been accused of not delivering free body transport. Pond said they have all relatives’ phone numbers and can be contacted to verify if free body transport was provided and whether any donations were returned. They keep all this data for verification.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Naina asked if money ever went directly into Pond’s personal account. Pond stated that aside from the Government Savings Bank account he previously explained—which has since been closed—he has never accepted donations into his personal accounts.
Pond added that since the association’s founding, donations may have reached 80 million baht but not the over 200 million baht alleged. This matter has been reported to the police multiple times with many documents submitted, but no irregularities were found. The association’s 34 vehicles are secondhand; some are still financed by previous owners and only transferred to the association’s name after full payment. If he had that much money, he wouldn't need to finance vehicles. Vehicle information is included in the association’s financial statements.
Regarding the vehicle purchased as a mobile unit, it remains registered under the previous owner’s name, not his or the association’s, because in some disaster areas communication problems exist, so they bought this vehicle to serve as a mobile unit to solve issues.
When asked if he ever used association funds for personal purposes, Pond firmly denied this and said no one in the association receives a salary; only his employees do.
Source: Hon Krasae program