泰国最高法院说，它将没收被赶下台的泰国总理他信14亿美元的资产。泰国最高法院星期五裁定，这笔没收的资金是他信出售家族电信公司获得的收益。他信2006年被控贪污腐败而在一次政变中被推翻。此后他价值23亿美元的资产被冻结。
法院宣读长篇判决时说，这位前电信巨头担任总理期间非法隐瞒他持有公司股票的事实，并左右政府政策为其公司谋利。
法院说，他信担任总理前获得的资产将不会被没收。但是还不清楚这些钱是否会还给他信。这位被罢黜的泰国领导人在迪拜的流亡家中观看了庭审。在一段录像的声明中，他称判决“非常政治化”。
Thailand's highest court says it will confiscate $1.4 billion of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's assets. The Thai Supreme Court Friday order that amount seized from the gains made by the sale of his family's telecommunications firm (Shin Corp). Mr. Thaksin's $2.3 billion fortune was frozen after he was toppled for alleged corruption in a 2006 coup.
In its reading of a lengthy verdict, the court said the former telecommunications mogul illegally concealed his ownership of shares in the company while in office, and shaped government policies in order to benefit the company. The court said the assets gained before Mr. Thaksin became prime minister will not be confiscated, but it is not clear if they will be released to him. Thailand's ousted leader watched the proceedings from his exile home in Dubai. In a videotaped message, he called the ruling "very political."
