Ombudsman asks PM to order revocation of Thaksin's passport

The Ombudsman's Office has stepped up pressure on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to heed its recommendation to instruct the Foreign Ministry to recall ex-pm Thaksin Shinawatra's passport, Ombudsman's spokesman Raksakecha Chaechai said Thursday.

Acting on a complaint filed by Somsak Kosaisuk, former core leader of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the Ombudsman’s Office submitted its recommendation on September 13 last year that the Foreign Ministry review the issue of Thaksin’s passport as the agency believed the issuance of a Thai passport to the fugitive former premier, who fled a court verdict in 2008, was illegal.

Since there has not been any action on the matter, Raksakecha said the office on Tuesday submitted the letter to the PM to instruct the Foreign Ministry to heed its recommendation.

The Nation