Tracing 'Prachuap' from a secret nominee of 'China Railway' to a ghost father assuming Thai nationality, the SEE TRUE news team found clues that neighbors have never seen the Chinese woman who claims to be his wife with their child. They insist they have only ever seen his Thai wife, originally from Roi Et province.
In the ghost father case, where several Thai men registered false births and illegally certified children for Chinese nationals, one suspect who signed as the child's father is Mr. Prachuap. He is also among the suspects in the nominee case for China Railway Number 10, the company that built the Office of the Auditor General building that collapsed, as he held shares on behalf of Chinese nationals.
The SEE TRUE investigative team went to a condominium in Phra Pradaeng district, Samut Prakan province, where Mr. Prachuap has rented and lived with his wife for over 10 years.
Residents in this condominium said that after the Auditor General building collapse incident, and Mr. Prachuap became a suspect in the nominee case, he disappeared from here for a while and took his wife, a native of Roi Et province, back to their hometown. Mr. Prachuap himself now returns only occasionally but still rents the condominium unit, although they do not know where he stays.
When the police began investigating the ghost father case and found that Mr. Prachuap claimed to be the father of a Chinese boy, the son of a Chinese woman named Miss Xiao Ying, Mr. Prachuap firmly insisted to the police that he was the real father. However, DNA testing proved they were not biologically related.
The SEE TRUE team asked residents if they had ever seen Mr. Prachuap involved with a Chinese woman and having a newborn Chinese son. The residents clearly said they had never seen him with a Chinese girlfriend. They only saw him with one wife, a woman from Roi Et province, with whom he has a son.
Near the condominium, there is a four-story commercial building with one unit that used to be a company where Mr. Prachuap was a company director. Today, when SEE TRUE visited, the company sign had been removed, but looking through the rolling metal door, the company name sticker remains on the glass door inside.
Residents said that Mr. Prachuap used to manage this company, but after the Auditor General building collapse and many journalists pursued him, he removed the company sign and rarely came to the office. Currently, Chinese nationals drive a Fortuner and come to work packing products at this company, but do not stay there permanently.
Locals say Mr. Prachuap probably does not own any business but has been working as an employee for Chinese employers for more than 20 years. He does whatever his Chinese employers ask, including acting as a ghost father. Mr. Prachuap likely lacks the capacity to contact Chinese people, district officials, or hospital staff himself, instead following orders from his Chinese employer.
The SEE TRUE team has followed up on Mr. Prachuap's Chinese employer since the Auditor General building collapse incident and found that his employer is among the suspects in the nominee case of China Railway Number 10: Mr. Bing Lin Wu, a company director of a firm near Mr. Prachuap's condominium. Both Mr. Bing Lin Wu and Mr. Prachuap are directors and shareholders in several companies; Mr. Prachuap holds shares and directorships in up to seven companies, while Mr. Bing Lin Wu is director and shareholder in five companies.
The SEE TRUE team further found that Mr. Prachuap was a nominee shareholder of China Railway Number 10. Although Mr. Bing Lin Wu was not a director or shareholder of that company, he was listed as director and shareholder in several companies sharing the same address as China Railway Number 10. This led the DSI to prosecute Mr. Bing Lin Wu as a nominee for China Railway Number 10 as well.
The ghost father case raises the possibility that Mr. Prachuap’s employer could be a key figure. This is a crucial matter for police investigation because if true, the employer might be using his established connections in Thailand as a channel for Chinese businessmen to enter Thai business, both legally and illegally. Ultimately, authorities will investigate thoroughly to ensure fairness to all parties.
The team visited Mr. Prachuap’s wife at their home in Roi Et province. She said her husband signed as the father of the Chinese child. Since the Auditor General building collapse and her husband’s name appeared as a shareholder in China Railway, she has had little contact with him, and he has not returned to this home.
She only recently learned of the latest news from her sister but has not yet reviewed the details. She believes her husband acted in good faith and suspects he was deceived into signing documents, with his signature later used on the Chinese child’s birth certificate.