Former Pheu Thai MP Suchai Srisurapol died of lung cancer on Tuesday morning, his family said. He was 61. The former Khon Kaen representative was diagnosed with cancer last November and had been receiving treatment at a hospital. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
BANGKOK — Eight Pheu Thai Party executives reported to police Monday to hear charges of sedition, violation of the ban on political gatherings of more than four people and the Computer Crimes Act. The charges were made after the eight party executives held a press conference criticizing the junta’s failures after four years in power. […]
THAKSIN SHINAWATRA, who is widely regarded as the Pheu Thai Party’s patriarch, and its politicians seem to be risking their political lives by playing with a law that prohibits outside influence on political parties. A group of mostly former Pheu Thai MPs recently met ex-PM Thaksin and his younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra, also a fugitive […]
Pheu Thai Party has threatened to sue Channel One TV station and its management if they do not stop using a logo for a soap opera series which it said is similar to the party’s logo. The series, entitled “La” (Hunt), features a criminal and an influential figure who is an executive of a party, […]
The Pheu Thai party issued a statement calling on the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to lift the ban on political activities, reasoning that by retaining the ban, the junta itself is not adhering to the Constitution. Earlier, Pheu Thai party members came out on different occasion to demand the NCPO to “unlock” […]
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s flight from justice is threatening the popularity of the Pheu Thai Party, whose core members are looking to desert the party before its supporters do. Concerns about the party’s fate were raised at a gathering of at least 10 Pheu Thai heavyweights who hastily met at a Bangkok hotel on […]
ANOTHER FIGURE from the Shinawatra family has been tipped to become the new leader of the Pheu Thai Party – and a party candidate as the next prime minister. Monthathip Kovitcharoenkul, a businesswoman in the telecom industry, is a sister of former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra. She is the eighth of the 10 […]
Pheu Thai Party today condemned the bomb attack at Phramongkhutklao Hospital saying it is a gruesome and inhumane act and a gross violation of international human rights laws. In a statement issued by the party, it said targeting hospital where sick people are being treated and cared for is a gruesome and inhumane act. Full […]
