Tag: Release
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra released on parole
Thaksin Shinawatra meets the requirements for release: he is over 70 years old, seriously ill and has served six months of his sentence. He had been convicted in absentia after leaving the country for corruption and abuse of power offenses.
No special measures planned for Thaksin’s release: Thai Police
No extra police will be deployed around Police General Hospital on Sunday when former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is freed on parole, according to Pol [Read More…]
Rally against Thaksin Shinawatra’s release, warning of larger protests
A small group of protesters gathered outside the Justice Ministry on Monday opposing the expected release of Thaksin Shinawatra from prison without having spent a [Read More…]
Protest Leader ‘Penguin’ Temporarily Released
![Court of Justice Thailand. Criminal Court Tower, Ratchadapisek Rd., Chatuchak, Bangkok](https://www.thailandnews.co/wp-content/uploads/Court-of-Justice-Thailand.jpg)
BANGKOK, Feb 25 (TNA) – The Bangkok South Criminal Court approved the temporary release of student demonstration leader Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak who was prosecuted for [Read More…]
Release ex-MP, says Pheu Thai
PHEU THAI PARTY yesterday called for the quick release of former MP Worachai Hema, who was summoned by military officers on Saturday evening, following his [Read More…]
Military court agrees to free 14 student activists
BANGKOK, 7 July 2015 (NNT) – Bangkok’s military court has agreed to free all 14 student activists, who have been detained since their arrest on [Read More…]
Sondhi is free after Thaksin’s lawyer withdraws libel case
![Somsak Kosaisuuk (with Sondhi Limthongkul and Somkiet Pongpaibul) in People's Alliance for Democracy protest to oust Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006](https://www.thailandnews.co/wp-content/uploads/Sondhi-Limthongkul4.jpg)
Former leader of the yellow-shirt People’s Alliance of Democracy (PAD) Sondhi Limthongkul was freed today after he was earlier sentenced to prison with no suspension [Read More…]
233 Phuket prisoners to be released under royal pardon
Phuket Prison is preparing to release around 233 prisoners by a royal pardon issued by His Majesty the King to mark Her Royal Highness Princess [Read More…]