Judges contend that the ex-PM provided inadequate justification for leaving Thailand.
PUBLISHED: 6 Mar 2025 at 17: 52
The Criminal Court has turned down former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra‘s ask to travel to Indonesia.
The judge ruled on Thursday that his journey plans were inadequate to give him permission.
He apparently intended to enter a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Friday in Indonesia.
Due to allegations he faces lese-majeste and computer violence in a North Korean meeting in 2015, the former prime minister needs judge assent to leave the country. In the case, witnesses are expected to begin in July.
On Thursday night, Thaksin was present at the courthouse along with his attorney, Winyat Chatmontree, to file a travel demand.
One of his journey programs has been rejected before, not for the first time. The judge denied his travel to Vietnam and Cambodia last month, but the court granted him permission to travel there next month.
Thaksin is an advisor to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Asean. This time, Malaysia serves as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ rotating head.