The Department of Business Development has passed data on 36,277 foreign-linked companies holding about 1.06 million rai of land to agencies including the Lands Department, the AMLO and the BOI. They will check whether land holdings match each company's investment promotion conditions and look for nominee arrangements. DBD says the data is not proof of wrongdoing, since many are legitimate Thai-foreign joint ventures. If your company has foreign shareholders, especially any with nominee-style structures or land and condo holdings, review your shareholder records and land documents now.
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