Supreme Court of Justice in Political Case Examines Medical Witnesses in Thaksin Case, Stays on 14th Floor, Dr. Warong Joins Listening, Confident He Won't Be Interfering
The Supreme Court of Politicians examined medical witnesses on the 14th floor of the case. Dr. Warong joined in the hearing and revealed that he was not worried about not being interfered with in this case because it had already entered the investigation stage.
Today (4 July) at the Supreme Court on Ratchadamnoen Nai Road, the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions scheduled a hearing for Case No. B.K.1/2568 regarding the investigation of the facts of the final punishment in the case of Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, former Prime Minister.
Previously, on June 13, the court examined Mr. Manop Chomchuen, the current commander of the Bangkok Special Prison, regarding the facts in the process of sending prisoners for treatment outside the prison. Later, the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Parties scheduled the next hearing for 20 more witnesses. Today, the examination will be conducted by 5 groups of doctors and nurses, such as nurses from the Bangkok Special Prison, the Corrections Department, and the Police General Hospital. Among them, Dr. Ruamthip Suphanan, a doctor from the Police General Hospital, and Dr. Nattaporn, a doctor from the Corrections Department, as well as 1 nurse from the Corrections Department.
Later, Dr. Warong Dechgitvigrom, leader of the Thai Phakdee Party and former MP for the Democrat Party, gave an interview saying that today he came to listen to the hearing of the 14th floor case, which he had been following for quite some time. He believed that after the hearing of this case, there would be more clarity and he had read the details of the case on several issues, which referred to Section 55 regarding sending prisoners for treatment outside, and Section 55 of the Act, which were in conflict. I read that the ministerial regulation conflicts with Section 55 of the Corrections Act, which states that if someone is suffering from a mental illness or a contagious disease, they must be sent to a hospital as soon as possible. However, the Act states that they must be sent to see a doctor as soon as possible. These two issues conflict with each other. In my personal opinion, I think that the use of the ministerial regulation is invalid, so I would like to listen to this issue.
When asked if there was any interference in the process, Dr. Warong said that this incident occurred around March, but the information received was only received 2 days ago. We checked that it was somewhat reliable. I think the person who provided the information wanted to suppress the intervention in the justice process. I know that it is being investigated after we released this information. I will not talk about this in detail yet, but I know that there is movement to investigate this issue.
When asked if there are any concerns today, Dr. Warong said that today we have entered the investigation process. I think that the intervention process has passed. Therefore, the media chose to intervene because they wanted to communicate that this incident had happened in the past. Fortunately, the process is now entering the investigation process. I would like to thank and commend the Supreme Court for allowing the media to listen to the investigation so that the public can learn together until the day the court issues a verdict. The public will learn and understand.
In addition, it was found that the NACC office, as the plaintiff, had Mr. Surapong Intharathaworn, Deputy Secretary-General of the NACC, come with documents in a suitcase to explain to the court.
Mr. Surapong, Deputy Secretary-General of the NACC, arrived without giving any interviews to the press, but walked into the court to enter the courtroom immediately.
