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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin charged with royal defamation | Scoop

Thaksin Shinawatra-wikipedia — Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been slapped with a charge of royal defamation over an interview with a South Korean newspaper in 2015. – Wikipedia pic, June 18, 2024

Ex-Thai PM Thaksin charged with royal defamation

His could face up to 15 years in prison over interview with S. Korean media in 2015, where he claimed king-appointed privy councillors supported coup to oust govt in 2014

Scoop Reporters

Updated 18 June, 2024

18 June, 2024

12:28 PM MYT

KUALA LUMPUR – Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been charged with defaming the monarchy and could face a maximum sentence of up to 15 years in jail under the country’s lese-majeste laws.

He also faces a charge under Thailand’s Computer Crimes Act for “inputting information” deemed a threat to national security into a computer system, Bangkok Post reported.

His lese-majeste charge was over an interview with a South Korean newspaper in 2015, in which he claimed privy councillors – a body whose members are appointed by the king – had supported the coup in the previous year which ousted the government of his sister Yingluck Shinawatra. The privy council also acts as the adviser to the Thai monarchy.

Thaksin, 74, returned to Thailand last year after living in self-exile in Dubai for 15 years. The two-time prime minister was ousted in a 2006 coup.

He was taken into custody on corruption and abuse of power charges but served time in a hospital instead of prison for medical reasons, and was released on parole in February.

His daughter, Paetongtarn, now heads his party Pheu Thai. – June 18, 2024

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