page_title: Thaksin Shinawatra
section_title: Prior to the verdict
hierarchical_section_title: Thaksin Shinawatra / Convictions and exile / Frozen asset seizure / Prior to the verdict
caption_attribution_description: English: The first and last pages of the Judgment of the Supreme Court of Justice's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Offices in the Black Case No. CDHPO 14/2551 and the Red Case No. CDHPP 1/2553 between the Attorney General, Petitioner, Police Lieutenant Colonel Thanksin Shinawatra, Respondent, and Khunying Potjaman Shinawatra, et al., Contenders, Dated February 26, 2010, Re: Confiscatory Action. By the Judgment, the Court confiscated half of the Shinawatra family's fortune, after finding Thaksin guilty of abuse of power, malfeasance and policy corruption to benefit himself and his family. The last page contained the signatures of the nine judges constituting the Chamber in charge of this case. ไทย: หน้าต้นและหน้าท้าย คำพิพากษาศาลฎีกาแผนกคดีอาญาของผู้ดำรงตำแหน่งทางการเมือง ในคดีหมายเลขดำที่ อม. ๑๔/๒๕๕๑ และคดีหมายเลขแดงที่ อม. ๑/๒๕๕๓ ระหว่างอัยการสูงสุด ผู้ร้อง พันตำรวจโท ทักษิณ ชินวัตร ผู้ถูกกล่าวหา กับคุณหญิงพจมาน ชินวัตร และพวก ผู้คัดค้าน ลงวันที่ ๒๖ กุมภาพันธ์ ๒๕๕๓ เรื่อง ขอให้ทรัพย์สินตกเป็นของแผ่นดิน ในคดีนี้ ศาลพิพากษาให้ทรัพย์สินกึ่งหนึ่งของตระกูลชินวัตรตกเป็นของแผ่นดิน หลังวินิจฉัยว่า ผู้ถูกกล่าวหาใช้อำนาจโดยมิชอบ ประพฤติมิชอบในตำแหน่งหน้าที่ และฉ้อฉลเชิงนโยบายเพื่อเอื้อประโยชน์แก่ตนเองและวงศ์ตระกูล ในหน้าสุดท้าย ผู้พิพากษาเก้านายซึ่งประกอบกันเป็นองค์คณะรับผิดชอบคดีนี้ลงลายมือชื่อไว้เป็นสำคัญ
context_page_description: Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, and was the Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. After being ousted from power, he was found guilty of corruption in 2008 and is now living in self-exile.
  Thaksin founded the mobile phone operator Advanced Info Service and the IT and telecommunications conglomerate Shin Corporation in 1987, ultimately making him one of the richest people in Thailand. He founded the Thai Rak Thai Party in 1998 and, after a landslide electoral victory, became prime minister in 2001. He was the first democratically elected prime minister of Thailand to serve a full term and was re-elected in 2005 by an overwhelming majority.
  Thaksin declared a "war on drugs" in which more than 2,500 people were killed. Thaksin's government launched programs to reduce poverty, expand infrastructure, promote small and medium-sized enterprises, and extend universal healthcare coverage. Thaksin took a strong-arm approach against the separatist insurgency in the Muslim southern provinces.
context_section_description: On 26 February 2010, the Thai Supreme Court was scheduled to render its verdict on whether to seize Thaksin's Thai assets, worth 76 billion baht frozen by the AEC after the coup. The AEC froze the assets under the authority of Announcement No. 30 of the military junta. Tensions ran high throughout Thailand. Tens of thousands of government security forces were deployed, particularly in routes leading to Bangkok. However, the UDD denied that it would rally on the date of the verdict. The nine Supreme Court judges had to make a judgment on accusations of abnormal wealth through policy corruption. Policy corruption, was defined by the court as the abuse of powers by implementing economic policies that, while in themselves legal and of potential benefit to society and the economy, also aided companies that were owned in part by the policy maker. The prosecution claimed that Thaksin abused his powers five times while premier.
caption: The first and last pages of the verdict with the signatures of the nine supreme court judges
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