Police are reportedly planning to summon Monta for questioning in one to two days after the Criminal Court turned down an application by the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) yesterday for a warrant to arrest her for filing a false complaint.

The complaint related to Monta ‘s claim that former maid, 19-year-old Prapawan “Goi” Jaikla, and her parents stole Bt10 million in gold bars and cash.

The court said that the suspect didn’t appear to be a “flight risk” while they also knew her established residence, plus she had given interviews to the media. So, the court ordered police to issue a summons for her instead.

Acting metropolitan police chief Pol Lt-General Sanit Mahathaworn instructed Metropolitan Police Area 2 to probe the four “thefts”, three cases of “embezzlement”, one claim of causing property damage, and another of “fraud” to see if these were true or false accusations.

They will also check if there is sufficient evidence against the accused and whether police acted according to their legal duties, or failed to do that. He also assigned a team to work in parallel to the Area 2 team to ensure transparency.

Earlier, CSD deputy Pol Colonel Chakrit Sawasdee said that besides Prapawan’s case, police were also checking other criminal cases Monta brought against other former employees – to see if they were also false accusations – and would later take action accordingly.

Chakrit said he had assigned officers to summon Monta next Monday at 10am to hear charges of filing a false complaint and bullying. He added that the police are also gathering evidence to file charges of attempted human trafficking in the future.

He said another police team is investigating her claim to the title “Khunying” and whether it violated Article 112, the lese majeste law, in the Criminal Code, as per an order from Central Investigation Bureau chief Thitirat Nongharnphithak.

Meanwhile, Social Development and Human Security Minister General Adul Saengsingkaew affirmed that his agency was ready to provide help to Monta’s former teenage maids who faced claims of theft. He said there were three women under 20 facing charges of theft filed by Monta.

The spotlight has shone on Monta – revealed on Monday to have a civil servant’s passport issued under the name Wanthanee Yokwiriyakul – after her maid Prapawan, an engineering student, made a public appeal for help to prove her innocence.

Prapawan claimed the theft complaint was falsely filed because she refused Ying Kai’s invitation to work abroad. It was subsequently discovered that more former workers had similar problems.

One was a Mae Hong Son woman who served 18 months in prison for “theft”, who testified against Monta. Another was former maid Sukanya Sirimoung, whose daughter stepped forward with a similar claim to police.

Prapawan’s lawyer Songkran Atchariyasap escorted Sukanya’s daughter, plus her family to the Ratchadapisek Criminal Court yesterday to examine the arrest warrants for Prapawan and her parents, which Songkran asked the court to scrap.

The court released Sukanya, 54, on bail of Bt200,000 cash, from the Justice Fund Office, as per the lawyer’s request, so Sukanya – who has been in detention since December 4 last year – can fight Monta’s claim that she stole Bt3 million in valuables in court. The bail application noted that Sukanya “confessed” to the crime out of fear for the safety of her daughter and family.

Sukanya was due to be released from the Central Women’s Correctional Jail last night.

Songkran said he would ask the Lawyers Council of Thailand today to provide legal aid to all alleged victims of Monta, including reviving criminal cases that led to prosecutions, plus the filing of criminal and civil lawsuits so the victims could get compensation.

He said he had informed the CSD of five cases in which trials were ongoing and claimed witnesses had received threats over the phone. He said he would also meet with Anti-Money Laundering Office chief on Friday to ask for a probe of Monta’s assets.