Bangkok Post, January 5, 2012
New Politics Party leader Somsak Kosaisuk on
Thursday filed a petition with the Office of the Ombudsman asking it to
investigate if Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul and other
officials broke the law by issuing a passport for fugitive former prime
minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Mr Somsak said this matter had become controversial and should not be left unsettled.
He said according to item 21 (2) of the 2005 regulations of the Foreign Ministry concerning the issue of passports, authorities can refuse to issue a passport on being informed that the applicant is subject to legal punishment or has been temporarily released, or wanted under a warrant in a criminal case.
Mr Prawit accepted the petition for further investigation.
If the law was found to have been breached, the case would be forwarded to the Administrative Court, he said.
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