PM'S FUGITIVE BROTHER
FM challenged to launch probe into Thaksin's Japanese visa
Abhisit was responding to Surapong's planning to file a libel suit against the Democrat Party leader and executive board today over accusations he lobbied Japan to issue a visiting visa for ex-pm Thaksin Shinawatra. Surapong will also file a complaint accusing Abhisit of filing a fault report.
"I want to ask if (the Foreign Minister) will file a suit against Japan or not since the country exposed (the revelation). Surapong clearly abused authority. Our party legal team is launching an impeachment proceeding against him,'' Abhisit said.
Pheu Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said if the Democrat Party insisted on accusing Surapong of violating Article 270 of the Constitution by committing malfeasance, and launched impeachment proceedings against the minister, the Pheu Thai Party would file a counter suit and a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission. The party will tomorrow file a complaint with the Election Commission seeking to dissolve the Democrat party since its executive board took part in the wrongdoing, Prompong said.
Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut said the party wondered why Surapong did not file suit against Japan since the country revealed it had issued the visa at the request of the Thai government.
He said it was good the Foreign Minister wanted to take the matter to the court since the case would prove who told the truth and who lied.
"There are only two sides (who gave a conflicting statement). If the Thai government was correct, then the Japanese government told lies,'' he said.
Chavanond said the Pheu Thai was trying to distort the truth with its plan to counter-sue the Democrats and was also trying to divert public attention when it raised the allegation that the 165 mysterious bodies found in Rayong were red shirts killed during the political turmoil. He said police had proven they were victims who died in 1989 by Typhoon Gay.
Abhisit urged fugitive ex-pm Thaksin against using his ties with Cambodia to boost personal interests, following reports that Thaksin has business propositions in the making in several countries and that he was making a trip to Cambodia over a gas and oil deal.
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