Thaksin's divorce won't free frozen funds
A lawyer for Thailand's opposition party said Sunday that billionaire ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra would not recoup his frozen assets simply by divorcing his wife.
Thaksin's 32-year marriage to Pojaman was officially ended on Friday at the Thai consulate in Hong Kong, with family and intelligence sources claiming the split was being carried out for financial or legal reasons.
But the opposition Democrat party's legal expert said the couple, who have been living in exile since August to avoid jail sentences at home, did not stand to gain from the split.
"The divorce cannot attribute the money to any one side, it is still jointly owned and they would both need to prove how the money was earned," Thaworn Senneam told AFP.
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