Wife of exiled PM asks AEC to delay hearing on sales of Shin stocks
Wife of deposed prime minister asks Assets Examination Committee on Tuesday to postpone giving testimony on the Shin share sale because she is sick and given treatment in a foreign country.
Khunying Pojaman Shinawatra's lawyer Somporn Pongsuwan said that it is up to AEC's decision whether to agree to the request. Somporn told reporters after submitting the request for the postponement to AEC that Pojaman is sick with headache and unusual heart beating. He also presented medical certificate from Raffle Hospital in Singapore to prove the claim to the AEC. AEC spokesman Sak Korsaengrueng said in a separate interview that AEC has not yet decided on the request and asked the lawyer to present an official medicate certificate and details of symtoms of Khunying Pojaman's illness within seven days. The certificate the lawyer presented to the AEC was not official one, he said. Pojaman is scheduled Tuesday to give testimony to the graft busters on her sales of Shin Corp stocks to Singapore-owned Temasek Holdings. AEC's spokesman Sak Korsaengrueng said on June 6 that Pojaman could face up to six months in jail if she failed to turn up to testify at the AEC on Tuesday. Sak said it appeared she intentionally postponed giving testimony on the Shin share sale twice in order to delay any move to prosecute. by Budsarakham Sinlapalavan The Nation
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