
Published on November 25, 2007
The case dates back to February 25, 2002, when Pol Colonel Sihanat Prayoonrat of AMLO illegally sought
to obtain the personal banking information of some of the Nation Multimedia Group's senior editors and other persons.
Later, The Nation and its sister newspapers published the AMLO's list of people and business entities whose bank accounts had been investigated illegally.
The agency reacted by filing charges of leaking state secrets.
However, prosecutors at the Office of the Attorney-General have determined that the case should be dropped because Pol Colonel Sihanat acted without proper authorisation when he sought the information from banks and financial institutions.
The Nation