POLITICS / ELDER STATESMAN'S SPEECH, SURAYUD CRITICISED, CIVIL SERVANTS WARNED, RUBBER PLANT GRAFT CASE

Thaksin 'not aware of all airport snags'

Noppadon Pattama, legal adviser for ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said yesterday the former leader was ''not aware of every detail about the trouble-plagued Suvarnabhumi airport''. Mr Thaksin, then prime minister, delegated responsibilities to the relevant parties and acted as a policy supervisor, said Mr Noppadon.

According to Mr Noppadon, the former prime minister made it clear he wanted the best for the new airport, but it was impossible for him to be aware of every detail.

The Thaksin government had planned to make the airport the region's aviation hub.

Mr Noppadon lashed out at graft investigators' recent comment that the corruption-rife Suvarnabhumi airport would be Mr Thaksin's grave.

General News
Bangkok Post
Saturday January 27, 2007