Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra heightened political tensions Saturday by urging his red shirt supporters not to accept what he referred to as another attempt to usurp power from the people. In a fiery speech to red shirts gathered at the Thunder Dome, Impact Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi, Thaksin said the Constitution Court’s suspension […]
All 12 military, civilian and police intelligence agencies in Thailand have been ordered to monitor an ongoing political rally against a Pheu Thai Party attempt to debate a bill in favour of defacto leader Thaksin Shinawatra, according to a directive from Deputy Prime Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapha signed yesterday. Yuthasak rejects coup rumours as yellow shirts […]
Several former Thai Rak Thai executives applied for membership of the Pheu Thai Party Thursday, the first day after they exit the five-year political ban. They started arriving at the Pheu Thai head office at 9:30 am. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
The Democrat Party’s legal team is poised to file a dissolution complaint against the governing Pheu Thai Party, claiming its leader’s endorsement for a red-shirt leader whose MP status has been stripped off to contest in last year’s election was illegal. Read more: TAN Network
The special investigation agency has decided against filing a lese majeste charge against a red-shirt core leader and Pheu Thai MP, given his rally speech was not violation of the law. Director General of the Department of Special Investigation Tharit Pengdit said the evidence his agency has collected suggested the rally speech by Pheu Thai […]
BANGKOK, 6 May 2012 (NNT) – Majority of people are most satisfied with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, according to a recent survey by ABAC poll. The poll was conducted among 2,259 respondents aged over 18 in 17 provinces to find out their opinions and level of satisfaction towards individual cabinet members after 9 months […]
The Supreme Court Friday removed a daughter of former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat as an MP and placed her under five-year political ban for making a false asset declaration. The Criminal Division for Holders of Political Office found Chinnicha Wongsawat guilty of failing to declare her debt worth Bt100 million upon assuming position as a […]
BANGKOK, 7 April 2012 (NNT) – The deputy prime minister in charge of national security has brushed aside reports that the government is planning to hold a negotiation with Muslim insurgents in the southern border provinces. Deputy Prime Minister General Yuthasak Sasiprapha said on Saturday that security agencies have no plans to hold any negotiation […]
