Hopewell saga gets new twist
Government joy as top court paves way for retrial
The Supreme Administrative Court on Friday ruled in favour of the Ministry of Transport and State Railway of Thailand (SRT) request for a retrial following a 2021 ruling against them by the Central Administrative Court in the “Hopewell saga”.
The latest ruling bolsters the transport and railway authorities’ attempts to avoid a huge compensation payout to Hopewell (Thailand).
Piraphan Salirathavibhaga, an adviser to the prime minister, on Friday hailed the ruling, saying it was the government’s first success in a decade-long legal…
