In Dika 4513/2567, published this week, a condominium buyer held an unpaid court judgment of 426,200 baht against a developer whose assets prosecutors had asked the court to forfeit to the State under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. The Supreme Court ruled the buyer qualifies as a “person with interest” under section 50 of the Act, as amended in B.E. 2565, and may petition for protection of those funds, even though the amendment took effect after the original petition, because a provision that creates a right applies back to the date of the petition. The Court sent the petition back for the trial court to hear; it has not yet decided whether the buyer is paid.
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