Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Supreme Court sets February 26 for Thaksin assets seizure verdict

BANGKOK, Jan 12 (TNA) - The Thai Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on Tuesday announced the completion of its hearing on the Bt76 billion (US$2.2 billion) seized assets of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra and set February 26 at 1pm as its date to gissuedive verdict on the case.
The court cancelled additional examination of witnesses scheduled for January 14, saying that evidence of testimony and documentation was now compelete.
In the final inquiry session, the four witnesses who testified were former information and communication technology minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) academic Somkiat Tangkitwanich who studied the conversion of the telecommunications concession contracts negotiated by the Thaksin Shinawatra administration, and representatives of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).

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