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Thursday May 31, 1:55 AMThaksin says ruling against party "too harsh"BANGKOK (Reuters) - Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra criticised the disbanding of his party and ban on its leadership for breaking election laws as "too harsh", his lawyer said on Wednesday."It is an unexpected ruling and we are disappointed by the verdict. It's too harsh on Thai Rak Thai," Thaksin's lawyer and spokesman Noppadon Pattama told Reuters in Bangkok. Thaksin, who is living in exile in London after he was ousted in a bloodless coup last year, and 110 other top party leaders were banned from politics for 5 years for breaking election laws. His Thai Rak Thai party was also ordered dissolved. |
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