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Thai Premier: ‘No policy to return diplomatic passport to Thaksin’
BANGKOK, August 14 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra reiterated Sunday that her government had no policy to return a diplomatic passport to her elder brother and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawara.
Yingluck repeated the call during a trip to her native province of Chiang Mai Sunday morning, saying that the matter rested with the foreign minister and that the government had got no policy to make such an attempt.
Earlier newly-appointed Foreign Minister Surapong Towijakchaikul also dismissed a media speculation which suggested the new government tried to return the red passport to Thaksin, saying he had yet started his work at his ministry. Nevertheless, he admitted that if he received a government’s order to handle the case, he would do it in line with righteousness and relevant laws and principles.
Meanwhile, Chavanont Intarakomalsut, spokesman for the Democrat Party, said the Foreign Ministry revoked the diplomatic passport of Thaksin after the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions sentenced Thaksin to two years imprisonment for his guilt in the state-owned Ratchadaphisek land purchase case.
Chavanont, who is also the former secretary of former foreign minister Kasit Piromya, also noted that Thaksin’s normal passport, on the other hand, was revoked because Thaksin was charged with terrorism for instigating the riot that ruined the ASEAN Summit in Pattaya two years ago.
Chavanont said if Thaksin wanted to obtain these passports, he would have to apply for the new ones at the Royal Thai Embassy or the Department of Consular Affairs in Thailand. However, he said due to his current status, a consideration to issue Thaksin new passport did not rest with the Foreign Ministry alone but also the police, the prosecutors and the court.
He added that in order to receive his passport back, Thaksin also had to wait until his legal cases were finalized first. (TNA)
Yingluck repeated the call during a trip to her native province of Chiang Mai Sunday morning, saying that the matter rested with the foreign minister and that the government had got no policy to make such an attempt.
Earlier newly-appointed Foreign Minister Surapong Towijakchaikul also dismissed a media speculation which suggested the new government tried to return the red passport to Thaksin, saying he had yet started his work at his ministry. Nevertheless, he admitted that if he received a government’s order to handle the case, he would do it in line with righteousness and relevant laws and principles.
Meanwhile, Chavanont Intarakomalsut, spokesman for the Democrat Party, said the Foreign Ministry revoked the diplomatic passport of Thaksin after the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions sentenced Thaksin to two years imprisonment for his guilt in the state-owned Ratchadaphisek land purchase case.
Chavanont, who is also the former secretary of former foreign minister Kasit Piromya, also noted that Thaksin’s normal passport, on the other hand, was revoked because Thaksin was charged with terrorism for instigating the riot that ruined the ASEAN Summit in Pattaya two years ago.
Chavanont said if Thaksin wanted to obtain these passports, he would have to apply for the new ones at the Royal Thai Embassy or the Department of Consular Affairs in Thailand. However, he said due to his current status, a consideration to issue Thaksin new passport did not rest with the Foreign Ministry alone but also the police, the prosecutors and the court.
He added that in order to receive his passport back, Thaksin also had to wait until his legal cases were finalized first. (TNA)
