Pinthongta faces ASC charges
Bangkok Post (10 October 2007)
The Assets Scrutiny Committee will file criminal charges against Pinthongta Shinawatra for her refusal to testify about the Shin Corp share case after being allowed to postpone the process three times, ASC spokesman Sak Korsaengruang said yesterday. The move came after Ms Pinthongta yesterday submitted a written letter refusing to give a statement to the ASC's sub-panel investigating the Shin Corp deal with Singapore's Temasek. Ms Pinthongta had asked the ASC three times to postpone her testimony before she submitted the letter yesterday. Mr Sak said Ms Pinthongta's refusal to give a statement to the ASC violated the anti-corruption law, which stipulates imprisonment of up to six months and a fine of up to 60,000 baht. The ASC will proceed on Monday to file criminal charges against her, said Mr Sak, also a member of the sub-panel. In the letter handed in by Ms Pinthongta, she said it would be unacceptable for her as a daughter to give testimony in a case which could bring about negative consequences for her parents. She also wanted to avoid any mistaken statements caused by her lack of familiarity with the process. She cited in the letter her constitutional right to human dignity based on the rule of law. She also regarded herself as having been treated like a criminal as the ASC had frozen her assets, and thus reserved her constitutional right to protect herself. She added that the ASC's authority granted by the coup makers was no longer effective because it contravened the newly-promulgated constitution. Mr Sak said the team dismissed her objections because her giving testimony would not deprive her of her human rights as she claimed.
Bangkok Post (10 October 2007)
The Assets Scrutiny Committee will file criminal charges against Pinthongta Shinawatra for her refusal to testify about the Shin Corp share case after being allowed to postpone the process three times, ASC spokesman Sak Korsaengruang said yesterday. The move came after Ms Pinthongta yesterday submitted a written letter refusing to give a statement to the ASC's sub-panel investigating the Shin Corp deal with Singapore's Temasek. Ms Pinthongta had asked the ASC three times to postpone her testimony before she submitted the letter yesterday. Mr Sak said Ms Pinthongta's refusal to give a statement to the ASC violated the anti-corruption law, which stipulates imprisonment of up to six months and a fine of up to 60,000 baht. The ASC will proceed on Monday to file criminal charges against her, said Mr Sak, also a member of the sub-panel. In the letter handed in by Ms Pinthongta, she said it would be unacceptable for her as a daughter to give testimony in a case which could bring about negative consequences for her parents. She also wanted to avoid any mistaken statements caused by her lack of familiarity with the process. She cited in the letter her constitutional right to human dignity based on the rule of law. She also regarded herself as having been treated like a criminal as the ASC had frozen her assets, and thus reserved her constitutional right to protect herself. She added that the ASC's authority granted by the coup makers was no longer effective because it contravened the newly-promulgated constitution. Mr Sak said the team dismissed her objections because her giving testimony would not deprive her of her human rights as she claimed.
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