Fast-track trials planned for tourists

Somsak said that later this month he would meet with diplomats from 17 European countries, who would ask him for tourist safety measures. His plan is to launch a new Tourist Case division under the Court of Justice to fast-track tourists’ trials and help them get back to their countries quickly. Three related agencies have already discussed the new division, which would draft in police and Office of the Attorney General staff, and an MoU has been drafted for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to sign soon.

In related news, Somsak said he had met with Japanese Ambassador Shigekazu Sato and apologised about the lack of progress in the investigation of a Japanese woman’s robbery and murder in Sukhothai Historical Park in 2007, with the killer still at large. Somsak said he would meet with national police chief Adul Saengsingkaew to get an update on the case.