Nine judges selected for Thaksin corruption case
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A general meeting of the Supreme Court yesterday selected nine senior judges to try the corruption case against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and 26 others in connection with a loan scandal involving state-owned Krung Thai Bank.
The nine judges will hear the case for the court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders, which has scheduled July 25 to decide whether to accept the case for judicial review.
The nine judges selected for the case are Supreme Court vice presidents Manas Luangprasert and Direk Ingkanunt, Criminal Division for Political Office Holders chief justice Chinnawat Jindatamkaew, Division of Economic and Commercial Litigation chief justice Wirawat Pawarajan, Division of Election Cases chief |justice Chaisit Trachootham, Division of Labour Litigation chief |justice Chaiwat Wiengthiratham, Division of Bankruptcy Litigation chief justice Manupong Rujikanha, Division of Environment Cases chief justice Panwasa Buathong, and Supreme Court chief justice Virapol Tangsuwan.
Thaksin and former KTB president Viroj Nualkhae are among those accused of malfeasance after the bank lent Bt8 billion to |property company Krisada Mahanakorn while the ex-premier was in power.
