Writer: BangkokPost.com
Published: 5/08/2009 at 10:38 AM Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has not laundered 1.8 billion baht through an island tax haven as alleged by privy councilor Gen Phichit Kulwanich, the fugitive former premier's legal aide Noppadon Pattama said on Wednesday.
Mr Noppadon challenged Gen Phichit to submit evidence supporting the money laundering allegation to the Department of Special Investigation for legal action.
The former foreign minister said Thaksin is now running a diamond mine and television businesses overseas. Thaksin’s 100 television channels project for Thailand would start test broadcasts on Sept 1.
Mr Noppadon reiterated that Thaksin and members of the Shinawatra family were not behind the red-shirts' petition for royal pardon.
However, Thaksin's supporters did have the constitutional right to seek royal pardon for Thaksin, he said.
Thaksin's opponents also had the right to oppose the move.
Critics of the petition push say there is no legal avenue to present a petition for a royal pardon for a felon who has not served part of his sentence and that a pardon cannot overrule a court sentence.
Thaksin was sentenced to two years in jail by the Supreme Court for abuse of power while prime minister. He skipped bail and fled the country before the sentence was passed..
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