IN Brief
CONTEMPT :Somchai Wattanakarun, a Central Administrative Court judge, said the court would hand down a verdict on Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab's alleged contempt of court on Monday.
Mr Chaiya, along with the publishers of Manager Daily, Matichon and Post Today newspapers, were summoned to a court hearing on July 2. The case involved an interview Mr Chaiya gave, which was deemed to be contempt of court, as he questioned the justice and the qualifications of the judges who granted the reinstatement of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation board. The party's over
POLITICS :The Prachamati party's executive board has decided to dissolve the party due to a lack of management budget and popular support. Party leader Pramual Rujanaseri said the board came to its decision because of a lack of financial resources to fund the party.
He said the board's decision will be forwarded to the Election Commission, the registrar of political parties, on Monday.
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Rakkiat moved
PRISONS :The Corrections Department has approved the transfer of former public health minister Rakkiat Sukthana from a prison in Nong Bua Lamphu to Bangkok Central Prison.
Department chief Wanchai Rujanawong said the transfer was requested by Rakkiat, who claims he has diabetes and it would be better if he could see doctors at the Corrections Department Hospital in Bangkok every week. Rakkiat also said he wanted to be closer to his wife in Bangkok. Mr Wanchai said Rakkiat will be put in Zone 8 where inmates doing less than five years are detained.
Rakkiat was convicted of bribery while public health minister from 1997 to 1998 and sentenced to 15 years in 2004. His sentence was reduced and he has four years and four months to go.
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American arrested
SEXUAL ABUSE :Immigration police yesterday arrested a 57-year-old American man on suspicion of sexually abusing a young girl in 2006.
Gregory Lee Elustina, who had been on the run for two years, was nabbed at Suvarnabhumi Airport after stepping off a flight from Cambodia.
A warrant was issued in July 2006 for his arrest on suspicion of illegally detaining and sexually abusing an under-age girl earlier that year.AFP
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Offer for Hmong
RESETTLEMENT :Visiting Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Australia has agreed to take 20 Lao Hmong from the 8,000 taking refuge in Phetchabun. They are eligible for humanitarian protection or refugee status in Australia, Mr Smith told reporters after meeting Foreign Affairs Minister Noppadon Pattama.
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