BANGKOK — Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been approved for parole without the requirement to wear an electronic monitoring device, with his release scheduled for May 11 following a meeting of a Ministry of Justice parole committee that reviewed more than 500 eligible inmates nationwide. Thaksin Shinawatra Set to Walk Free on Parole in […]
HUA HIN — An Irish man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Hua Hin Provincial Court after posing as a deceased person and using a fake passport to enter and exit Thailand 28 times, culminating a decade-long international manhunt. Sri Lankan Arrested at Phuket Airport Using Fake Passport Paul Noel Casey, […]
BANGKOK – The Criminal Court on Tuesday handed down prison sentences to 11 former “red shirt” protesters for their roles in the 2010 anti-government demonstrations, a prolonged period of political unrest that ended in a deadly military crackdown. The defendants were convicted of violating emergency regulations imposed during the protests, which sought to overthrow the […]
BANGKOK — Convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was transferred from Bangkok Remand Prison to Klong Prem Central Prison on Tuesday evening to begin serving a one-year sentence, following a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that his previous hospitalization did not constitute lawful detention, Thai PBS reported. Thai Supreme Court Orders Thaksin Shinawatra to Serve One-Year […]
At 10:00 AM on July 31st, 2024, the Thai Criminal Court convened to deliver its verdict in the high-profile lèse-majesté case against Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak, a prominent leader of the pro-democracy Ratsadon group. Protest Leader ‘Penguin’ Temporarily Released The prosecution accused Parit of defaming the monarchy under Section 112 of the Criminal Code and violating […]
Chaiphol Wipha, alias “Uncle Phol”, who shot to social media stardom following the death of 3-year-old Orawan “Nong Chompoo” Wongsricha on a mountain in Mukdahan three years ago, was on Wednesday sentenced to 20 years in prison. Uncle in ‘Nong Chompoo’ Mukdahan murder case surrenders to police The Mukdahan provincial court convicted and sentenced Chaiphol […]
Former Democrat party deputy leader Prinn Panitchpakdi was sentenced to two years in prison today (Monday), after he was found guilty of sexually harassing an underage girl. Prinn charged in another case, in Chiang Mai The court acquitted him of rape and sexual harassment charges in another case, due to insufficient evidence. Full story: thaipbsworld.com […]
BANGKOK, May 19 (TNA) – Three former MPs of the Bhumjaithai Party were sentenced to nine months in jail for giving their ID cards to other lawmakers to vote on their behalf during a parliamentary debate on the budget bill in January 2020. 40 former and active MPs jump ship, join Bhumjaithai The Supreme Court’s […]
