On February 18 and 19, former prime minister will enter Asean conferences, but requests to travel to Vietnam and Cambodia were turned down.
PUBLISHED: 15 Feb 2025 at 15: 39
The Criminal Court has approved Thaksin Shinawatra‘s ask to enter an Asean gathering in Brunei on Tuesday and Wednesday, the next time the former prime minister has been allowed to leave Thailand, after placing a 5-million-baht money assurance.
However, the jury turned down his request to travel to Vietnam and Cambodia during the same time.
In his ability as an advisor to the chair of Asean, Thaksin will be traveling to Brunei on February 18 and 19. This time, Malaysia is a 10-country bloc chair, and Anwar Ibrahim had previously appointed Thaksin as his casual advisor on Asean affairs.
According to the terms of his parole, Thaksin is prohibited from leaving the country without consent while awaiting a trial on charges of computer crime and lese-majeste in connection with an appointment he conducted in South Korea in 2015. In the case, witnesses are expected to give evidence in July of this year.
According to reports, the court received its assent after Mr. Anwar sent a request for Thaksin to attend the meeting via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, equivalent to when a previous incident occurred.
A 5-million-baht maintain would have previously been granted to Thaksin before he could go to Malaysia on February 2 and 3 to meet with Mr. Anwar.
The court held a reading on Friday after the former prime minister submitted his most recent ask on February 13. Thaksin and Maris Sangiampongsa were asked to testify. Within three weeks of returning to Thailand, judges granted the request and gave the court’s order to hear it.
Thaksin also submitted a plea to travel to Vietnam at the proposal of some entrepreneurs, not the government. His long-time companion Hun Sen, the former prime minister, personally contacted him about going to Cambodia, even though the government did not respond to his demand to go there. The jury rejected both calls.