The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued another arrest warrant for Thaksin Shinawatra when the ex-premier failed to show up for a case alleging abuse of power in converting mobile phone concession payments to excise tax in 2003.
Mr Thaksin, who has been in self-imposed exile in London since last month, did not appear at the first hearing on the Attorney General's suit which charges that his malfeasance cost state telecommunications monopolies 40 billion baht ($1.2 billion).
It was the sixth arrest warrant against the former prime minister since he fled to England in August.
Although Thaksin faces six arrest warrants and his wife faces a jail sentence in Thailand, he has not been convicted of any crime by a court.
This could change next Tuesday, when the Supreme Court is scheduled to read its verdict in the Ratchadaphisek land case against him and his wife Khunying Potjamarn. It is up to the court whether to proceed in the absence of the defendant.
Khunying Potjaman bound the land at auction with a bid of 772 million baht ($22.7 million), which prosecutors alleged was a bargain for the prime piece of land.
source bangkok post
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