Thaksin fails to appear before Court

Several tittle-tattles were being made about Thailand’s deposed PM Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife’s appearance before a special court on Monday. But their failure to show at the hearing has raised endless questions.

The duo who have been charged of various abuse-of-power and corruption cases in the country, had been granted permission on July 29th, to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games last Friday at Beijing.

There were scheduled to take the Thai Airways flight back on Sunday to appear at the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions in a case involving an allegedly unlawful purchase of real estate. Apparently the couple, instead of heading to Thailand, has flown to London.

It is believed that the Flight to London and semi-permanent exile may cause Thaksin and his wife, Pojaman to lose their bail and even cost them a whooping 69 billion baht (about 2 billion U.S. dollars) in frozen funds.

Though their spokesmen have repeatedly said the duo will be back and make their court appearance, this statement has not protected him from the Thai judiciary which is pressing several cases as well as a slew of investigations that may lead to trials.

Till we hear any concrete statement from the accused and banished PM, wide range of speculations are being made regarding his innocence.