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Published on August 16, 2007

Thaksin and Pojaman are obliged to acknowledge criminal charges relating to their alleged involvement in the cov-er-up of their equity stakes in SC Asset Corporation, a listed property development company.

Friday is the final deadline for the two to respond to the summonses.

Three other suspects, Thaksin's sister-in-law Busaba Damapong, his sister Yingluck Shinawatra and his distant relative Penchom Damapong, have already reported to the authorities.

In the first batch of warrants on Tuesday, the Supreme Court ordered Thaksin and Pojaman arrested for evading the judicial proceedings. The two failed to appear for arraignment on abuse of power charges relat-ing to a controversial 2003 Ratchada-phisek land deal.

As Thaksin is now chairman of the Manchester City football club, his legal wrangling has generated huge interest in England, where he currently lives in exile. The warrants on the Shinawatra couple became a newsworthy item ranked fourth in term of visitors to the Internet edition of The Guardian newspaper.