BANGKOK — A former Pheu Thai Party MP has been held in an army camp and denied communication with the outside world for three days, a military officer confirmed. The news emerged today after close aides to Ruangkrai Leekijwattana told the press that the politician had not been seen or heard from since he was […]
The future looks bleak for both the Pheu Thai Party and the Shinawatra family now that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been impeached and barred from politics by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) over her role in the loss-ridden rice-pledging scheme. But it was the Office of Attorney-General (OAG) that stole the show yesterday. […]
BANGKOK, Jan 20 — Ruengkrai Leekitwattana, proxy for five Pheu Thai party members including former deputy prime minister/foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul, filed a lawsuit with the Criminal Court today accusing Pakdee Pothisiri, a member of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), of lacking the qualification to sit in the anti-graft panel. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, Dec 3 – Thailand’s Criminal Court today sentenced former Pheu Thai MP for Surin Prasit Chaisisa to two years and six months jail for his May 2014 speech insulting the royal institution. The punishment is not suspended as he repeated his wrongdoing. Read more: MCOT
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday denied reports that she would run in the next election, saying she was currently focusing on taking care of her son. “I have put all of my energy into taking care of my son Nong Pike [Supasek Amornchat], growing mushrooms, reading books and writing. That’s all,” she said. Read […]
Funeral rites for former Pheu Thai MP Col Apiwan Wiriyachai should be free of politics so family and friends can pay their respects to him properly, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said yesterday. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, 8 August 2014 (NNT) – Singtong Buachum, a member of Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra’s entourage on her trip to Europe, gave an assurance that the former Prime Minister would return to Thailand by August 10th. Mr. Singtong, who is also a member of the Pheu Thai Party’s legal team, also assured that the former Prime […]
The country’s two largest political parties, as well as the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), will likely not nominate anyone from their organisations as candidates for the junta-selected National Reform Council (NRC). Politicians from the Democrat and Pheu Thai parties, as well as the smaller Rak Prathet Thai Party said yesterday the possibility was very […]
