Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra appeared in a Bangkok court on Monday as it began scrutinizing evidence in a royal insult case against him, just days after his daughter became the Southeast Asian nation’s new prime minister.
Thaksin, accompanied by his lawyers, went into the court clad in a yellow shirt, a color that symbolizes loyalty to the monarchy. His court appearance came a day after he received a royal amnesty that ended his commuted one-year sentence in separate corruption cases, allowing him to walk free two weeks earlier than the end of his parole.
“There’s not much to it,” Thaksin said in brief remarks to reporters when he arrived at the court. “This case came about shortly after the coup so it’s about the coup-makers using the law to tighten power.” Thaksin is out on bail but has been barred from traveling outside the country without the court’s permission.
The witnesses will be summoned for questioning over seven separate hearings in July next year, which Thaksin plans to attend Winyat said. On Monday, Thaksin’s legal team argued that the video of the interview in question had been edited to mislead viewers and the clip couldn’t be verified in its entirety.Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thaksin’s youngest daughter, on Friday won the parliamentary vote to become Thailand’s new prime minister.
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