On-off-on 'Red Bull case' turns into a hot potato for Thai government


In this file photo taken on Sept 3, 2012, police officers look at a Ferrari that was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident during their investigation at Thong Lor police station in Bangkok. - AFP

BANGKOK (The Straits Times/ANN): A hit-and-run saga involving the scion of one of Thailand's richest families has turned into a political hot potato for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

No less than three high-level committees have been formed to examine how all charges came to be dropped against Vorayuth Yoovidhya, whose Ferrari slammed into a motorcycle in Bangkok in 2012 and killed a policeman, Wichean Klunprasert.

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