Group threatens to go to Police General Hospital’s 14th surface for a first-hand examination.
Published on October 18, 2023, at 18:43
Thaksin Shinawatra, a former prime minister who is currently imprisoned, has been urged by the Ministry of Justice to halt bestowing special privileges on him. The organization is known as the Network of Students and People Reforming Thailand.
The team has threatened to visit Thaksin’s alleged lodging in the Premium Ward on the 14th surface of the Police General Hospital to determine whether he is actually there and ill enough to warrant being treated there if the government does not comply with its demands.
Days after returning from 15 years of self-imposed captivity on August 22, Thaksin was taken to the hospital from Bangkok Remand Prison. Prior to 2006, while serving as top, he was given an eight-year jail term that was later reduced to one time by a royal pardon for abuse of power and conflict of interest.
According to group representative Pichit Chaimongkol, the group’s three-point demand is that Thaksin be sent back to prison right away, that his treatment be continued outside of prison, and that a human rights organization be permitted to keep an eye on his health and spread the” truth” to the public.
He claimed that the department had been unable to persuade the populace of Thaksin’s true illness.
Last month, a picture of Thaksin being taken for an MRI test went viral on social media. Officials claimed that he was immediately taken back to his room. Officials from the Department of Corrections and medical staff at the hospital have declined to discuss the prisoner’s condition, citing calm confidentiality.
Thaksin, 74, is renowned for having high blood pressure, heart and respiratory issues, and another aging-related illnesses. According to his daughter Paetongtarn, he underwent surgery last quarter for an unidentified state.
The requirements of the protesters are directed at Phongsaward Neelayodhin, the everlasting minister of justice, who will soon have to determine whether Thaksin can continue to receive care outside of a prison hospital.
Any be longer than 30 days may be approved by the director general of the Department of Corrections based on a medical mind under the rules governing criminal payments to outdoor facilities. The decision was made on September 22.
The permanent secretary for Justice must approve the treatment if it lasts longer than 60 days, or after Oct. 22 in Thaksin’s event. If a course of treatment lasts longer than 120 time, the justice minister must approve it.
Another group representative, Nazer Yihma, stated that the ministry would be forced to ascend to the hospital’s 14th floor to determine whether Thaksin was actually poorly or not if it did not answer its call.
The team will then appeal the National Anti-Corruption Commission to look into Ms. Phongsaward for dereliction of duty if she doesn’t answer the call, he continued.