Justice Is Served In Thailand

After a long wait, Thailand Supreme Court made a historic ruling on the 26 of February 2010 that the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is guilty as charged of policy corruption to aid his family’s companies and businesses while in office. He was also found guilty of illegally concealed his assets, and abusing his power. The judges voted to confiscate Bt46.37 billion of his money gained during his four years that he was in Prime Minister’s office. But the judges decided to return to him Bt30.24 that belonged to him before 2001. I think the verdict is fair and just for Thaksin himself who will get nearly half of his frozen assets back. And as for the country especially the Thai taxpayers, they will get the money gained illegally by Thaksin to return to the country’s coffer. Not big amount comparre to the lost in billions during the time when Thaksin was leading the government. I am glad that the verdict explained in details how it is against the law for the Prime Minister, while in office, to run his own business through nominees such as his wife, children, relatives and servants with the intention of concealing his holding of 1.41 million shares in Shin Corp. and that it is wrong for Thaksin to use his authority in the cabinet to pass laws that converted telecom concession fees into excise tax to benefit his own company. I also want to ask what kind of a father is he to use his children, at their very young age, as business nominees that gets them into a legal quagmire of tax evading problems with the authority? It is sad to see this kind of a family tragedy of parents, such as Thaksin and his former wife Pojaman, leading their three children into many more criminal and perjury cases that will follow the Supreme Court verdict in many years to come. This bad experience will effect them for the rest of their lives.