Pongdech Vanichkittikul, secretary-general of the Office of the Judiciary (OJ) said on Friday he will ask to observe a jury trial in Texas concerning bribery allegations in a tax dispute involving Thai Toyota subsidiary Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT).
Finally, the Supreme Court has ordered a probe into a bribery scandal in which at least two former senior judges were implicated for their role in a tax dispute that involved a Thai subsidiary of Japanese automaker Toyota.
Thailand's judiciary is rotten. It is politically biased, engages in acts of double standards, and has been shown to be inhumane in its sentencing. Underneath all of this, it is corrupt, long "protected" by is association with the monarchy. However, a bribery case in the USA and involving Toyota is shining a light on corruption…
published : 31 May 2021 at 21:02 Former judges Direk Ingkaninan (left) and Chaiyasit Trachutham prepare evidence to lodge a complaint against website Law360 and others at the Crime Suppression Division on Monday. (Photo by Wassayos Ngamkham)
Two former senior judges have filed complaints with crime police against a website that published reports accusing them of being involved in the Toyota bribery case.
Former Supreme Court president Direk Ingkhaninan said on Monday he would let the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) decide on how to take action but, in his view, this was a defamation case.
He insisted he had nothing to do with the case, both in the first court and appeal stages, and that he was no longer the president of the Supreme Court when the rulings came.
The Court of Justice has set up a 10-member panel to follow up on the Toyota bribery scandal while the accused senior judges are preparing to take legal action against people mentioning them by name, especially in social media.