Thaksin will not seek return of seized assets: spokesmen
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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has pledged not to reverse his Bt46 billion asset seizure and will accept the decision if the amnesty bill is defeated in the Senate, his two spokesmen said on Tuesday.
Pheu Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said Thaksin was not pushing for the passage of the bill as alleged by the opposition.
Prompong said the opposition had an ulterior motive to distort the truth involving Thaksin in order to unseat the government.
Thaksin’s legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said the amnesty, if granted, was designed to bring about reconciliation among those involved in the political conflict.
Noppadon said amnesty could not be cited in undoing the asset seizure for Thaksin.
Thaksin’s opponents are alleging that the amnesty bill was designed to help the former prime minister win back his seized assets because the bill would absolve all cases initiated following the 2006 coup, including cases investigated by the Assets Examination Committee.
