In another attempt to bring Thailand’s ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to justice, the Department of Special Investigation will circulate copies of his arrest warrant on terrorism charges around the world. The DSI’s foreign division will give copies of the warrant to 187 Interpol member countries asking them to help capture Thaksin, DSI chief Tharit […]
Thailand’s prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva faced a no-confidence motion today, but was successful in securing more than half the parliamentary vote after a two-day debate. Opposition members were unlikely to win the vote, but have made the most of the opportunity to skewer Mr Abhisit over his handling of the Red Shirt protest and the […]
Copies of the court arrest warrant for convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on terrorism charges will be sent to police in 187 countries, as the authorities step up their efforts to extradite him back to Thailand, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) director-general Tharit Pengdit said on Tuesday. The Foreign Affairs Division under the Royal […]
Thai Parliament debates crackdown on Red protest BANGKOK — Thailand’s House of Representatives began debate Monday on a censure motion against the coalition government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, focusing on its deadly crackdown on anti-government Red Shirt protesters earlier this month. The opposition Puea Thai Party alleges the army used excessive force that resulted […]
BANGKOK, May 31 – Fugitive former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s legal team said Monday it had hired an international war crimes expert to help investigate a recent army crackdown on protesters in Bangkok. Dutch professor GJ Alexander Knoops, previously involved in cases on the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, will help attempt to […]
Thailand’s prime minister said previously proposed November elections are not feasible “in the current environment”, 10 days after the Thai army quashed an anti-government protest in Bangkok. However, in his weekly television address yesterday, Abhisit Vejjajiva said he believed the situation in Thailand was “getting back to normal”. Thai authorities have lifted a night-time curfew […]
BANGKOK, May 31 (TNA) – Lawyer of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Monday filed a complaint at Election Commission (EC) seeking the dissolution of the opposition Puea Thai Party, ally to the fugitive ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, for allegedly involving with the unlawful demonstrations of anti-government Red Shirts. Nitithorn Lamlua, a PAD […]
Discount airline AirAsia has launched special fares to lift Thailand’s tourism industry in the wake of the bloody political clashes in Bangkok that prompted the Australian government to warn travellers to avoid the capital. AirAsia is offering a limited number of free flights from Bali to Bangkok, and $10 fares from Kuala Lumpur to the […]
