BANGKOK, July 22 — The Thai government will file a lawsuit against Walter Bau, a German company, for requesting a German court order to impound a royal aircraft in relation to the legal dispute between the firm and the Thai government, according to Thailand’s head prosecutor, Attorney General Julasing Wasantasing. Mr Julasing said Walter Bau, […]
BANGKOK, July 21 – Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Thursday that the Thai government would not deposit a 20 million euro (over US$28 million) bank guarantee for the release of the impounded aircraft used by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. The foreign minister said the seized plane will remain parked at Munich Airport although the German […]
A German court ordered Wednesday the release of the impounded jet belonging to HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. The court demanded a hefty bank guarantee which allows the end of the episode. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, 16 July 2011 (NNT) – A recent Suan Dusit Poll has revealed that most Thai people are in support of a military official to become the next minister of defense and wish to see the protection of the monarchy be carried out at haste. The survey was conducted by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University during […]
A German court has begun hearings on the Thai government’s request for the release of HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn’s plane impounded at Munich airport by German liquidators since Tuesday. Thai officials expected the court would make a decision Friday. German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said Friday that the German government could offer no […]
German authorities have seized a Boeing 737 aeroplane controlled by Thailand’s crown prince at Munich airport, saying the Thai government owes money to a now insolvent German construction company. The plane was seized Tuesday as part of a long-running dispute in which Werner Schneider, the insolvency administrator for the Walter Bau construction group, is demanding […]
His Majesty the King is recuperating well after undergoing cerebrospinal surgery last month and is enjoying increasing good health, HRH Princess Chulabhorn Valayalaksana said yesterday. Speaking at the Thai Consulate during her visit to Saint Petersburg, Russia, she quoted His Majesty as saying: “I am feeling much better and much more comfortable.” Read more: The […]
BANGKOK, 17 June 2011 (NNT) – The United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has stressed that its ‘red villages’ scattering around the nation are merely symbolic and legal and will not affect the operation towards reconciliation. In response to a call by Democrat Party Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva for the UDD to explain its concept […]
