Abhisit review 'not linked to libel case'
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Red-shirt co-leader Jatuporn Promphan told a court yesterday the Defence Ministry move to review former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva's alleged evasion of conscription into the army had nothing to do with the defamation lawsuit lodged against him by the oppo
Abhisit was accused by Jatuporn of evading conscription via use of a falsified document to get a teaching job at Chulachomklao Military Academy. The former Pheu Thai MP told the court if Abhisit had nothing to hide, he should clarify the matter to the ministry.
There is no love lost either between the Democrat leader’s lawyer, who cross-examined Jatuporn yesterday. At one point the lawyer complained in front of the judges: “In over three decades of my profession, I’ve never met such a person.”
Jatuporn also criticised the plaintiff lawyer and told him to stop touching him whenever he wants to question him.
At one point, the lawyer asked who would be so stupid as to forge documents twice as Jatuporn has alleged Abhisit did. The red-shirt leader replied saying: “Yeah, I thought so too, somebody must either be stupid or foolish.”
