Litany of allegations against Thaksin must have a basis in fact
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Somsak Pola's comments are laughable that Thaksin was accused unfairly of corruption, treason, intimidating the press, tax evasion, lese majeste, selling out national assets, being unusually rich, wanting Thailand to become a republic, being behind the de
He forgot to mention the Bt2 million sent in cookie boxes by his lawyers, allegedly to pay bribes to judges. You might be able to buy some judges, but not all of them. I, for one, can forgive an “honest mistake” – one time, that is all. It is very important that we don’t let history repeat itself. Those accusations are not about petty offences. Otherwise he wouldn’t have felt the need to jump bail.
Surasak Piputtana
Bangkok
