Court rejects Thaksin’s request for injunction
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THE Central Administrative Court has rejected former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s request for an injunction in a case he filed against two senior Foreign Ministry officials who ordered the revocation of his two Thai passports.
The court said there was insufficient ground to grant an injunction as the plaintiff could not prove the revocation had caused him damage.
On December 8, Thaksin had his lawyer Wattana Tiangkul file a case against the director-general of the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Affairs Department and the ministry’s permanent secretary. The officials cited security reasons when they invalidated Thaksin’s two passports in May last year after he strongly criticised the military coup.
Though the court decided to reject Thaksin’s request on December 28, it only disclosed its ruling yesterday. A copy of the court order was obtained by The Nation.
Meanwhile, Thaksin’s lawyer said yesterday the lawsuit against the two officials would continue as normal, adding that the defendants would submit their testimony before the court begins its fact-finding task.
