Phantongtae Shinawatra was accused of failing to fully disclose transactions related to his Shin holdings before Singapore's Temasek Holdings --an investment fund managed by Ho Ching--the wife of that country's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong , bought the controlling stake in the telecom firm in January.
Temasek is not only a state-owned investment company, its Chief Executive Ho Ching is married to Lee Hsien Loong , the prime minister and son of the country's founding father.