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    Arrest warrant issued for Thaksin to stand trial on TPI rehabilitation case

    http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/arr...litation-case/

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    Court issues another arrest warrant for fugitive Thaksin


    Another arrest warrant was issued for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he failed to appear on Friday at his trial in the Supreme Court for alleged malfeasance in the Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) case.

    It was the second arrest warrant issued in three days for the fugitive former prime minister, following his court absence in the Krung Thai loan case on Wednesday.

    The court's criminal division for holders of political positions on Friday issued a fresh warrant after Thaksin again did not appear for the case brought by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

    The court had accepted the case for trial on June 6 and set Friday for him to present his defence statement before the nine judges.

    The anti-graft agency accused him of committing malfeasance in office when, as prime minister, he endorsed the Finance Ministry's decision to administrate the rehabilitation plan for TPI, when Suchart Jaovisidha was the finance minister.

    The charge against Suchary was dropped because he had since died.

    The NACC considers Thaksin, now 69, in violation of Section 157 of the Criminal Code because the ministry had no authority to manage a private company.

    The court on Friday set Aug 7 for the examination of witness and evidence lists presented by the NACC and the first hearing for Aug 10, with or without the presence of the former prime minister.

    Thaksin fled the country in 2008 to avoid a jail sentence for abuse of authority in the purchase of state land by his then wife.https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/pol...gitive-thaksin
    Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

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    Thaksin's trial to begin without him

    Without the defendant showing up, the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions agreed Tuesday to hear testimonies from six plaintiff witnesses in the case against fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra over his role in the 2003 Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) scandal.

    The testimonies were requested by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which is acting as the plaintiff. Meanwhile, nobody from the defendants' side came to the court.

    The court will convene on Friday, and then again on Aug 14 and 21 to decide whether there is enough evidence to proceed with the trial in his absence.

    On June 22 the court issued an arrest warrant for Thaksin after the ex-premier failed to show up at the first court hearing in the TPI case.

    He is accused of malfeasance over his approval of a Finance Ministry proposal to manage a TPI rehabilitation plan in 2003.

    Thaksin allegedly committed malfeasance when he endorsed the ministry's proposal, knowing that the ministry had no authority to serve as an administrator or manage the assets of a private company.

    The lawsuit in the TPI case was filed with the court on May 7, eight years after the NACC accused Thaksin of malfeasance.

    The case was shelved when he fled the country in August 2008 but subsequently revived following the enactment of a new law on criminal procedures for political office-holders that took effect on Sept 29 last year.

    The court also resolved that if Thaksin cannot be apprehended and brought to trial within one month, the trial can proceed in his absence. According to the court, the fugitive former premier has the right to appoint a lawyer to act on his behalf.

    The TPI went bankrupt soon after the 1997 economic crisis and entered a court-ordered rehabilitation programme.

    Former finance minister Suchart Jaovisidha was also implicated, but the charge against him was dropped as he had already passed away.

    The TPI case is the seventh lodged against the former prime minister after he was ousted from power in a 2006 coup. He now lives in self-imposed exile overseas and has not returned to answer the charges.

    According to the lawsuit, the Finance Ministry had no authority to act as an administrator of a rehabilitation plan under a 2001 law on the reorganisation of ministries and departments.: https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/pol...in-without-him
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    • #3
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      And though the news was rather sad
      Well I just had to laugh .....

      A pretty short thread then this one.

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