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Saudi diplomat urges Thai minister to support resolving missing businessman case
BANGKOK, Jan 4 (TNA) - Saudi Arabia on Monday urged Thai Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul to support legal proceedings to resolve the case of a Saudi businessman who disappeared in 1990.
Mr Chavarat met the Charge d'Affaires of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Thailand Nabil H.H. Ashri at the Ministry of Interior as the Attorney-General's Special Litigation Department had postponed the decision on the Saudi businessman Mohammad al-Ruwaili case to January 12.
The Thai minister said after the meeting that the Saudi charge d'affairs did not mention diplomatic relations between the two kingdoms which has been downgraded to the charge d'affaires level, but asked the ministries concerned to hasten the case of the missing Mr al-Ruwaili so that the Thai court will accept the case for further action.
If Mr al-Ruwaili’s case is successfully resolved, diplomatic ties between the countries could soon be normalised, but if it cannot be concluded, bilateral relations were unlikely to be broken all together, the Thai minister noted.
Mr Chavarat added that he will coordinate with the justice and foreign ministries to help support the case in order to restore the relations of Thailand and Saudi Arabia.
The Southern Bangkok Civil Court earlier dismissed the request to declare Mr al-Ruwaili a missing person given that the testimony given by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) was evidence from a secondary source, rather than someone who witnessed the man's disappearance in 1990, nearly 20 years ago.
Mr al-Ruwaili, a shareholder in a job placement firm, has been presumed dead since February 1990.
He was seen in a car with Saudi consul Abdullah al-Besri on February 12, 1990, and was reported missing three days later. His car was found abandoned in the Bangkok Christian Hospital's parking lot and the Saudi consul was murdered after being seen with Mr al-Ruwaili.
It was widely believed that Mr al-Ruwaili was kidnapped by police investigating the Saudi consul's murder, and that he was tortured and later killed by his captors to cover up their actions.
The DSI request was made in accordance with Mr al-Ruwaili's family that need the court's order to announce he is legally missing to proceed with his inheritance.
The Saudi authorities also want to see developments in the case before its statue of limitations ends on February 12. (TNA)
Mr Chavarat met the Charge d'Affaires of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Thailand Nabil H.H. Ashri at the Ministry of Interior as the Attorney-General's Special Litigation Department had postponed the decision on the Saudi businessman Mohammad al-Ruwaili case to January 12.
The Thai minister said after the meeting that the Saudi charge d'affairs did not mention diplomatic relations between the two kingdoms which has been downgraded to the charge d'affaires level, but asked the ministries concerned to hasten the case of the missing Mr al-Ruwaili so that the Thai court will accept the case for further action.
If Mr al-Ruwaili’s case is successfully resolved, diplomatic ties between the countries could soon be normalised, but if it cannot be concluded, bilateral relations were unlikely to be broken all together, the Thai minister noted.
Mr Chavarat added that he will coordinate with the justice and foreign ministries to help support the case in order to restore the relations of Thailand and Saudi Arabia.
The Southern Bangkok Civil Court earlier dismissed the request to declare Mr al-Ruwaili a missing person given that the testimony given by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) was evidence from a secondary source, rather than someone who witnessed the man's disappearance in 1990, nearly 20 years ago.
Mr al-Ruwaili, a shareholder in a job placement firm, has been presumed dead since February 1990.
He was seen in a car with Saudi consul Abdullah al-Besri on February 12, 1990, and was reported missing three days later. His car was found abandoned in the Bangkok Christian Hospital's parking lot and the Saudi consul was murdered after being seen with Mr al-Ruwaili.
It was widely believed that Mr al-Ruwaili was kidnapped by police investigating the Saudi consul's murder, and that he was tortured and later killed by his captors to cover up their actions.
The DSI request was made in accordance with Mr al-Ruwaili's family that need the court's order to announce he is legally missing to proceed with his inheritance.
The Saudi authorities also want to see developments in the case before its statue of limitations ends on February 12. (TNA)
