Thaksin to be quizzed on ‘privileged’ hospital stay

Additionally, the House Committee makes a number of senior officials a summons to unpack the secret.

Supporters greet former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Wat Srinakhararam in Kumphawapi district of Udon Thani on Wednesday afternoon as he campaigned for Pheu Thai candidate Sarawut Petphanomporn, who is running for chairman of the Udon Thani Provincial Administration Organisation. (Photo: Pheu Thai MP Anusorn Iamsa-ard Facebook account)
As former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra campaigned for Pheu Thai member Sarawut Petphanomporn to become the president of the Udon Thani Provincial Administration Organization at Wat Srinakhararam in Kumphawapi city of Udon Thani on Wednesday evening. ( Photo: Pheu Thai MP Anusorn Iamsa-ard Facebook account )

A commission in the House will summon former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to provide details on allegations that he received special care while staying in custody it.

The People’s Party MP Rangsiman Rome’s council on state security, border affairs, national strategy, and reform will hold its next meeting on the subject on November 22 and ask the interested parties, according to a source with knowledge of the plan.

In addition to Thaksin, the commission is inviting Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong, Sahakarn Petchnarin, the director of the Department of Corrections, Pol Lt Gen Taweesilp Wechawitarn, the producer of Police General Hospital, Wattanachai Mingbancherdsuk, the chairman of the Medical Correctional Institution, Pol Lt Gen Sophonrat Singhajaru, the lieutenant commissioner of police, and medical experts and professionals.

Committee members discovered” concerning” information during their first meeting on Nov 12, said the cause, speaking on condition of anonymity.

That information included information on the standard of medical care in prisons and the exchange of a critically ill prisoner. However, there were no care information or photos or videotapes from Police General Hospital that matched the standard of care for captives who were not in prison.

Some officers may be punished if it was proven they permitted Thaksin to remain on the police hospital’s VIP ground for six months without providing any enabling health facts, according to Pol Lt Gen Piya Tawichai, a spokesman for the Palang Pracharath Party.

When an essential slave was sent out for cure, he said, he was required to be continually monitored by troops or jailers. The local police station must also have 24/7 officials on call.

The Video cameras has purpose, but the police hospital’s 14th floor CCTV cameras are reportedly broken. There was no further evidence, such as health records or everyday prescribed records, which he found to be wary.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC ) is also looking into Thaksin’s additional hospital stay.

Thaksin returned to the state next Aug 22 after 15 times of self-imposed captivity. Prior to that very moment, the Supreme Court sentenced him to eight years in prison, which was later reduced to one month under a royal pardon for conflicts of interest and abuse of power while he was prime minister due to 2006.

Corrections staff members decided that he needed to be moved to Police General Hospital on the first day of his remain at Bangkok Remand Prison. Six months later, after meeting the requirements for probation, he walked out of the facility without a single day of jail time.