On September 5, Chai petitioned with the court against Adisak Limprungpanatanakij, chief executive of Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), and seven others, according to a source familiar with the matter.

NBC runs Nation TV and is part of the NMG, which also owns The Nation newspaper.

Chai’s lawsuit mentioned a report in Krungthep Turakij newspaper and Bangkokbiznews.com website on January 2015.

He said the report in question made the reader misunderstand that he was behind the share buy-up in NMG by News Network Corporation, which was formerly known as Solution Corner (1998), or SLC.

He claimed that he had no involvement with SLC’s share |buy-up.

In a police complaint filed by Chai against Adisak and others, public prosecutors decided not to pursue the case due to a lack of evidence.

In their letter to police, the |prosecutors also viewed that Adisak had made his comment honestly in his writing about the matter.

The prosecutors concluded that Adisak and others had no intention of causing damage, as the Securities and Exchange Commission had earlier disclosed facts about this matter.

They found that the accused did not commit libel or violation of the Computer Crime Act as alleged.