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The court postponed the appointment for examining evidence in the “Sen. Upakit” case to 22 and 29 April 2024.

Criminal Court, The court postponed the appointment for examining evidence in the case of "Senator Upakit" in drug trafficking-money laundering conspiracy to April 22 and 29. The person confirmed his innocence. Emphasize that we will proceed to punish the accusers to the utmost extent. I believe there is a bullying process. Today (March 4) at 9:00 a.m. at the Criminal Court, Ratchadaphisek Road, Mr. Upakit Pajariyangkun, member of the Senate. Traveling to the criminal court according to the scheduled appointment for examining evidence In the black case number Y.1446/2566 at the prosecutor's office of the Narcotics Cases The plaintiff sued Mr. Upakit as the defendant for the crime of being a senator who conspired to launder money. and jointly laundering money, being joint senators, participating in transnational organized crime. support or help or conspiring to commit serious offenses related to drugs, a total of 6 offenses. Most recently, the prosecutor announced that he would like to postpone the evidence examination appointment today for another appointment because the litigant has not yet received the documents awaiting photocopying of details. Regarding the Min Hlad capital case, which has the same facts. which is an important document The court considered and considered that it was an important document that both parties had not yet examined. Therefore, permission to postpone the evidence examination appointment to the 22nd and 29th of April at 9:00 a.m. Mr. Upakit revealed that today is the first day that the court has scheduled an appointment to examine the evidence of the plaintiff and defendant in the case. which was postponed earlier than originally scheduled At the same time, he also mentioned the case in which the court dismissed all charges against the defendant in the Tun Minh Lad case, stating that he still insists on his innocence from the beginning until the present. And regarding the Thun Min Hlad case, the court dismissed all 32 charges. The court considered that the defendant's evidence cou ld completely refute the plaintiff's evidence. Simply put, the court has kindly considered that all 4 people, including the company, There are no charges related to drugs, money laundering and transnational organized crime. It is considered that the defendant received very fair treatment. At the same time, there was also a period of the court's decision that stated that Investigative officer Doing an investigation in the wrong direction As a result, the defendants were prosecuted, including 4-5 people, who have not been found guilty and have sold their business from the company since 2019, since before becoming a senator. After this, you still have to go to court to fight the case. Mr. Upakit also said that As for the case that has been filed with the investigating officer at the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases on charges related to wrongful performance of duties Even though the Court of First Instance has already dismissed the case But he will continue to exercise his right to ap peal the case. Because it's clear that Group of investigators The investigation was conducted in the wrong direction, causing the group of defendants to be accused. and was detained Mr. Upakit confirmed that he was definitely being bullied. On March 15, the Senate will discuss this government. He will debate this issue in Parliament as well. He had talked about the conspiracy theory that he had discussed in parliament after the arrest of five people related to the Minh Hlad fund. This was 6 months before the election and there were investigators giving documents to discuss in parliament and the information was published on social media, so it could be seen that there was a movement organized. As for whether to sue the person who harassed or sue the SSO or not, we have to wait for the case to reach its conclusion first. and will consider legal action Which must be seen in detail in the judgment. As for the property, it is currently temporarily frozen. The details are as reported. As for Mr. Rueangsak Suksian gsri, Mr. Upakit's lawyer said that originally the lawyer had prepared more than 20 statements, it is now estimated that there will be almost 30 statements, but on the next appointment for the evidence examination, the witness accounts will be compared with the prosecutor's to see if there are witnesses. Which match? In order to cut down the witnesses to a few and not have to repeat the investigation. Source: Thai News Agency