Office of Ombudsman drops complaints against Yingluck
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The Office of Ombudsman Friday dropped two complaints against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on ground that there were no clear evidences that she had violated her political ethics.
Rakkecha Chaechay, the spokesman of the Office of Ombudsman, said the panel of ombudsmen discussed and agreed that Yingluck had done nothing wrong for skipping a House meeting to perform her PM’s duty at the Four Seasons Hotel.
The ombudsmen also saw that there were no issue of extramarital affairs because Yingluck went to the hotel with many persons.
The ombudsmen also saw that Yingluck did not commit a conflict of interest in the project to reduce taxes for first-time home buyers. The ombudsmen noted that Yingluck had resigned as executive of SC Assets so she would not benefit from the project.
Rakkecha said the ombudsmen also saw that Yingluck did not violate the law against conflicts of interest by holding 0.85 per cent shares in SC Assets because the laws allowed a Cabinet member to hold up to five per cent of shares in a firm.
