The Criminal Court on Monday acquitted the former Democrat party-list MP Chavanond Intarakomalyasut of defamation charge brought against him by the former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in 2012.

The court reasoned that although Yingluck’s lawyers would affirm that the former prime minister’s meeting with five businessmen at the Four Seasons Hotel in February 2012 to hear recommendations and views on property business, was confidential, it was not publicly disclosed.

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