Khun Prem orders newspapers to criticise me : Thaksin
The following is the transcript of what ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra told Thais in Sydney. Australia on February 10, 2007, after he was toppled by the junta. He criticises a man called Khun Prem, believed to be Privy Council President General Prem Tinsulanonda.
Thaksin: He [Prem] wants to drag the election to February and, further, because he did not want the election.
It is because I will win again in the election, so they did not want an election.
He fabricated stories and lies. That time, I will arrest and sue Sonthi [Limthongkul]. Khun Prem ordered the court not to pursue the case. He ordered public prosecutors and police not to press charges against Sonthi.
Khun Prem made secret orders for them not to press charges against Sonthi
He also ordered all newspapers to criticise me. I, as a prime minister, did not have authority [to order newspapers, courts and police].
A woman: They were all fools. They did not know the truth.
Thaksin: We may have to sympathise them because the newspapers criticised me everyday. They have no other sources of information.
I believe they will know the truth eventually.
After that, he [Prem] tried to jeopardise me on several issues, but cannot because I have done nothing wrong. I just do my job.
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