Exiled Thai PM to be charged with fraud

THAILAND’S ousted and exiled prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ordered yesterday to appear before police in Bangkok next week to face corruption charges.

Exiled Thai PM to be charged with fraud

Mr Thaksin and his wife, Pojaman, who are both out of the country, will be charged with making fraudulent filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission over the 2003 listing of a property company, police said.

They will also be charged with failing to inform the Stock Exchange of Thailand about later transactions involving the company, SC Asset, which was part of Mr Thaksin’s Shin Corp telecom empire, police added.

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