Thai Ex-PM Thaksin given another month to face police |
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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:34
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BANGKOK (Thomson Financial) - Police in Thailand have given toppled prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra one more month to return home to hear corruption charges, or possibly face an arrest warrant.The Department of Special Investigations (DSI) last week ordered Thaksin and his wife Pojaman to return to Bangkok by Friday to face charges of making fraudulent filings to stock exchange regulators.Police threatened Thaksin with arrest if he failed to show up, but the ousted leader's lawyer said yesterday that he feared for Thaksin's safety and would advise his client not to return to the kingdom.Thaksin has been living in exile, mostly at his London home, since he was overthrown in a coup last September.'The DSI has re-issued the summons for Thaksin and his wife to come to hear their charges on July 27,' a DSI spokeswoman said, adding that if the couple did not show up, the DSI could issue an arrest warrant.Thaksin and Pojaman face charges related to an alleged fraudulent filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission over the 2003 listing of SC Asset, a property company owned by his family.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.comejpCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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Thaksin should hear fraud charges in exile - lawyer 