Prosecution of the lèse majesté case against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been postponed, after the attorney-general ordered further investigation into the case today, in response to Thaksin’s appeal for justice.
Thaksin, who was released on conditional parole yesterday, reported to the Office of the Attorney-General this morning (OAG), to be informed of Attorney-General Amnat Chetcharoenrak’s decision, after he had been notified of the lèse majesté charges against him by public prosecutors in January.
Thaksin arrived at the OAG in a wheel chair in the company of his youngest daughter, Paetongtarn, who is also Pheu Thai party leader, and police from the Technology Crime Suppression Division, which has taken over from the Corrections Department in the handling of the case.
OAG spokesman Prayut Bejraguna told the media that the attorney-general had assigned…
