Thai court to hear Thaksin graft case
Ap, Bangkok
Thailand's Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a corruption case against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife in a multimillion-dollar land deal, and ordered the couple to appear before the panel next month. It was the first time that Thailand's top court set a date for the exiled former premier to appear, scheduling the first hearing for Aug. 14. Thaksin, who has lived overseas since his government was toppled in a coup last September, already has ignored previous orders from police to appear in Thailand to face corruption allegations, and his Bangkok attorney said he would not appear at Supreme Court hearing either.
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