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Fri, 07/11/2008 - 22:36
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OAG presses new charge against Thaksin
BANGKOK, July 11 (TNA) - Thailand's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) pressed yet another charge against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, alleging that her amended the law to benefit his former telecom business, ShinCorp, causing damages of Bt6.6 billion to the state.
Special Litigation Department director Seksan Bangsomboon said the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) filed a new corruption case against Mr. Thaksin who owned the company which was granted a telecom concession from the government.
Mr. Thaksin, prime minister at that time, alledgedly ordered a'correction' of the mobile phone service provider's concession fees into an excise tax. The action caused TOT and CAT Telecom to shoulder a tremendous burden of Bt6.6 billion in 2003.
The department decided Friday to press charges against ex-premier Thaksin for allegedly ordering the issuance of a cabinet resolution in 2003 to convert mobile phone's operators' concession fees into an excise tax that caused about Bt40 billion damages to the two state enterprises, TOT and CAT Telecom.
The Supreme Court Criminal Division will decide on September 3 whether the case would be prosecuted.
Mr. Thaksin's wife Khunying Pojaman is facing graft charges regarding the Ratchadapisek Land deal made in 2004, which changed hands from the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) to Mr. Thaksin's wife at only one-third of the current market value when the purchase was made.
The court began investigating the case in July and prohibited Mr. Thaksin from leaving the country.
Special Litigation Department director Seksan Bangsomboon said the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) filed a new corruption case against Mr. Thaksin who owned the company which was granted a telecom concession from the government.
Mr. Thaksin, prime minister at that time, alledgedly ordered a'correction' of the mobile phone service provider's concession fees into an excise tax. The action caused TOT and CAT Telecom to shoulder a tremendous burden of Bt6.6 billion in 2003.
The department decided Friday to press charges against ex-premier Thaksin for allegedly ordering the issuance of a cabinet resolution in 2003 to convert mobile phone's operators' concession fees into an excise tax that caused about Bt40 billion damages to the two state enterprises, TOT and CAT Telecom.
The Supreme Court Criminal Division will decide on September 3 whether the case would be prosecuted.
Mr. Thaksin's wife Khunying Pojaman is facing graft charges regarding the Ratchadapisek Land deal made in 2004, which changed hands from the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) to Mr. Thaksin's wife at only one-third of the current market value when the purchase was made.
The court began investigating the case in July and prohibited Mr. Thaksin from leaving the country.
