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Thai Supreme Court rejects Thaksin's asset appeal
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BANGKOK (AFP) - – Thailand's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family against the seizure of 1.4 billion dollars of their assets.
Thaksin, who was stripped of more than half his fortune in February for abuse of power, did not provide any new evidence to support his case, the court found after almost two hours of deliberation by no fewer than 119 judges.
"The legal process is over. There is nothing we can do," said Thaksin's lawyer, Chatthip Tantaprasart.
Thai courts have issued a series of warrants for Thaksin for charges including terrorism -- an accusation linked to violent street protests in April and May by his supporters within the anti-government "Red Shirt" movement.
The former telecoms tycoon was ousted in a bloodless military coup in 2006 and lives in exile to avoid a prison jail imposed in absentia for corruption.
The decision in February to confiscate 60 percent of Thaksin's 2.3 billion dollars of frozen assets angered his red-shirted supporters, who staged two months of opposition rallies in the heart of Bangkok from mid-March.
The protests descended into several bouts of bloodshed that left at least 90 people dead and some 1,900 injured in a series of clashes between armed troops and demonstrators.
Thai prosecutors said Wednesday they would indict 19 leaders and supporters of the anti-government "Red Shirt" movement on terrorism charges.
They include three key protest leaders -- Red Shirt chairman Veera Musikapong, opposition lawmaker Jatuporn Prompan and Kokaew Pikulthong, who stood as an opposition candidate in a recent Bangkok by-election.
The suspects have already been charged and most of them have been locked up for almost three months.
Bangkok and nine other provinces -- out of a total of 76 -- remain under a state of emergency which bans public gatherings of more than five people and gives security forces the right to detain suspects for 30 days without charge.
At one point about one-third of the country was under emergency rule, but the government has rolled that back in some areas.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Wednesday he expected to lift emergency rule next week in two or three more provinces whose economies rely heavily on tourism.
He did not specify which areas but was believed to be referring to the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai.
The government has said the decree is still needed in the capital following two small bomb blasts in central Bangkok last month, including one that killed a man.
The Red Shirts, largely from Thailand's impoverished north and northeast, love Thaksin for his populist policies, and accuse Abhisit's government of being an unelected elite.
The tycoon's opponents in the Bangkok-based circles around the palace, military and bureaucracy accuse Thaksin of being corrupt, dictatorial and a threat to Thailand's widely revered monarchy.
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