Thaksin may yet return to testify
A return to Thailand by deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to give courtroom testimony is a decision for the Constitution Tribunal, the Thai Rak Thai Party said yesterday.
Thaksin will be called as a witness for the party in its defence before the tribunal of allegations of electoral fraud. A decision was scheduled for January 3, a party lawyer said. Wichit Plangsrisakul said the party submitted names of witnesses it wished to call and the tribunal now had to rule if Thaksin could deliver his testimony. He can appear in person or teleconference, he ad- ded. If the tribunal allows a personal appearance, the party's chief defence lawyer Pongthep Thepkanchana will ask the Council for National Security to expedite Thaksin's testimony, he said. Former Democrat member of Parliament Thepthai Senpong alleged Thai Rak Thai was generating publicity about a possible Thaksin return to sway the tribunal. Discussion about a return is meaningless until the tribunal decides it will hear the former leader's evidence, he said.
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