BANGKOK: Influential former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a powerful backer of the ruling government, was formally indicted on Tuesday (Jun 18) for allegedly insulting the
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra waves at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand on Aug 22, 2023. , a powerful backer of the ruling government, was formally indicted on Tuesday for allegedly insulting the monarchy in a 2015 media interview, a spokesman for the attorney-general's office said.
Thaksin sought bail from a court in Bangkok shortly after the Attorney General formally indicted the 74-year-old billionaire for an offence that carries a maximum jail sentence of up to 15 years for each perceived royal insult.Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been indicted for allegedly insulting the monarchy in a newspaper interview in 2015. Prosecutors said they have enough evidence to press charges against Mr Thaksin, but he did not show up to hear those charges.
The court is expected to announce the next hearing or verdict date for cases involving Srettha and Move Forward on Tuesday. "The political parties and representatives that voters have chosen are being systematically and repeatedly stymied," Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University, told Reuters.
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