They can't pin any crime on him
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During his term as prime minister, Thaksin was accused of corruption, treason, intimidating the press, tax evasion, lese majeste, selling out national assets, being unusually rich, wanting Thailand to turn republic, being behind the desecration of the Era
The coup used those allegations to oust him in 2006.
Nearly six years have passed and all they could scrape up was a frivolous case of allowing his then-wife to buy a piece of land at a government auction. The myriad serious accusations have never been substantiated, meaning the Army staged a coup and tore up the Constitution merely because the PM committed a petty offence.
Of course, Thaksin’s enemies always argue in unison that during his rule, he kept the independent offices, including the courts, on a leash. If that is true, then our justice system is bad, not Thaksin.
Somsak Pola
Samut Prakhan
