BANGKOK, June 30 – Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs revoked the passports of six persons who oppose the May 22 coup and have defied the orders of the coup-making National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). Sihasak Phuangketkeow, permanent secretary for foreign affairs and acting foreign minister, said the six persons included Charupong Ruangsuwan, interior […]
Charupong Ruangsuwan, former interior minister, resigned as the leader of the Pheu Thai Party and his departure automatically dissolved its whole executive board. Mr Charupong, a former interior minister, remains in hiding and faces an arest warrant for failing to repoprt to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK — Two politicians from the former government’s ruling party have denied reports that they engaged in a drunken brawl over a card game during their recent detention in a military camp. According to a report published on the pro-establishment Manager ASTV news website, former Pheu Thai MPs Woravat Au-apinyakul and Chuchart Harnsawat almost broke […]
BANGKOK, May 29 – The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is gradually releasing political detainees, including former ministers and key figures of Pheu Thai Party. Among the released are Surapong Tovichakchaikul, former deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister, Suranand Vejjajiva, former secretary-general to the prime minister, and key Pheu Thai figures Dr […]
BANGKOK, 29 May 2014 (NNT) – Former Pheu Thai MP of Surin Province Prasit Chaisrisa has been detained by Army officials for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code on lese-majeste. Earlier on May 7th, Mr. Prasit gave a speech at the Imperial Lat Phrao shopping mall showing his intentions to defame His Majesty the […]
BANGKOK, May 27 – Chaturon Chaisaeng, former education minister and a key figure of the Pheu Thai Party, held a press conference to denounce the coup in Thailand before letting soldiers arrest him as ordered by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). Mr Chaturon had refused to turn himself to the NCPO after […]
BANGKOK, 26 May 2014 (NNT) – The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha ordered Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra to be permitted to leave on May 25th, after she was earlier detained at an undisclosed military camp in Bangkok. General Prayuth has also ordered the release of several detainees from the Pheu […]
Twenty-three politicians including former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, key members of the Pheu Thai Party and the Shinawatra clan have been ordered to report to the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council on Friday. Read more: Bangkok Post
