Four Democrats to deny defaming PM
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The four Democrats accused of defaming Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will on Tuesday give their statements at Lumpini police station denying any malicious remarks related to Yingluck's private meeting at Four Seasons Hotel last month.
“I will not invoke my parliamentary immunity as shield,” Democrat MP Thepthai Senpong said on Friday.
Thepthai is one of the accsued. The other three are Democrat MP Sirichok Sopha, Democrat spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut and his deputy Mallika Boonmeetrakul.
Lumpini police have summoned the four to acknowledge the libel complaint filed against them and give their rebuttals so as to enable investigators to draw conclusion whether to indict or drop the case.
Thepthai said the four did not defame Yingluck but raised an honest query why she had failed to explain her conduct. The allegation was politically-motivated to gag the opposition, he said.
He also made snide comments, saying the Democrats would not try to elude the law like former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
