Thaksin to get called to judge on June 18 to reply claims
PUBLISHED: 29 May 2024 at 10: 03
In a 2015 meeting he gave in South Korea, the Attorney-General does implicate former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on charges of computer crime and lese major.
Attorney- General Amnat Chetcharoenrak made the decision on Monday to indict Thaksin on both charges, as requested by police, according to Prayut Phetcharakhun, spokesman for the Office of the Attorney-General ( OAG ).
The choice makes reference to an exam Thaksin conducted in Seoul on February 21, 2015. According to Mr. Prayut, Thaksin is accused of computer crime by entering data into a computer program that he thought posed a threat to national security.
Common lawyers were unable to arraign Thaksin on Wednesday because his attorney had submitted a health certificate stating that he had Covid-19 and needed to rest until next Monday. He pushed for a June 15 reading of the prosecution.
According to Mr. Prayut, the former prime minister on parole was ordered by the prosecution to make an appearance at the OAG on June 18 at 9am for the accusation hearing.
In a pending investigation into an extra investigation report from police, Mr. Amnat delayed the decision to this Wednesday on April 10.
The Technology Crime Suppression Division took the der majore and system crime charges over and approved Thaksin’s temporary release after his release on parole on February 18 and released him on bail.
Following the Attorney- General’s news, Thaksin’s attorney Winyat Chartmontri said his clientele may fight the charges.
” We have to continue in a legal case based on our right,” said Mr. Winyat. ” Thaksin is ready to prove his innocence in the justice system” . ,
In 2015, Thaksin claimed that senior council members supported the revolution that overthrew the government of his younger girl Yingluck Shinawatra and made accusations against the monarchy in remarks made during an exam with South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo paper.
The feedback made during the meeting, according to authorities, were in contravention of both the Computer Crime  Act and Section 112 of the Criminal Code, which are also known as the der guess law.