Yingluck denies meddling in NBTC appointments

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Friday rejected accusations that her decision to delay seeking royal endorsement of the Senate's selection of the 11 members of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) amounted to political interference.

Yingluck said the administration had no power to contest the selections. She said she decided to postpone seeking royal endorsement after the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) agreed to investigate a complaint that the process of selecting the NBTC members was unlawful.

The prime minister denied that her government had instructed the DSI to investigate the complaint. She said the government would wait for advice from the Council of State - the administration's legal advisory agency - before seeking royal endorsement of the appointments.

The Nation