Bangkok Post (4 September 2009: “Prosecution defers Jakrapob case”) reports that the prosecution “has, for the fifth time, deferred a decision on whether to indict former PM’s office minister Jakrapob Penkair on a charge of lese majeste, this time until Oct 7.” An Attorney-General’s department officer said that this was “at the request of Jakrapob’s lawyer, who said his client was on important business abroad.” It is reported that if Jakrapob “did not show up on Oct 7, a warrant would be issued for his arrest…”.
Jakrapob is alleged to have committed lese majeste while speaking at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand on 29 August 2007.
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