Court verdict out: Samak Guilty

Nation reports that Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is convicted of having violated the charter by hosting two commercial TV shows while in office.



The Constitution Court's verdict was read out at 3:40 pm. The court voted unanimously to give a guilty verdict against Samak and disqualified him as the prime minister.

He has violated a constitutional ban. Six judges considered Samak to be the employee while three others considered Samak a business partner of the studio, a constitutional offense in both cases.

Samak is no longer the Prime Minister of Thailand for the time being, just the caretaker PM.

No more cooking TV shows for Samak.

No Samak, No Cry.