Somsak Thepsutin, a former justice minister and new Pheu Thai Party member, has denied an accusation that he had revised a ministerial regulation to help fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Mr Somsak was responding to a remark made by Thanaporn Sriyakul, president of the Political Science Association of Thammasat University.
Mr Thanaporn said that Pheu Thai had warmly welcomed Mr Somsak and Suriya Juangroongruangkit, both key figures of the Sam Mitr group, into its fold after Mr Somsak amended a ministerial regulation so that if Thaksin returned home to serve his jail term, he would not have to stay in jail, but could be detained in other facilities, such as a hospital or in a house.
Mr…
