Thai Court Rejects Case Against Thaksin in Reprieve for PM
- Thaksin, Pheu Thai accused of undermining government system
- Not enough evidence to proceed with petition, court says
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Thailand’s Constitutional Court dismissed a complaint against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his family-backed ruling party, a major reprieve for his daughter’s less than three-month old government. The nation’s main stock index advanced.
The court will not proceed with a petition filed by an activist lawyer because there wasn’t enough evidence to back up his allegations, it said in a statement Friday. It was the first of many petitions related to Thaksin’s alleged influence on the ruling party or the government to reach the top court.