A combined force of police, military personnel and local administration officials on Tuesday seized dozens of New Year’s calendars depicting former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra from a house in Warin Chamrap district of the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani. The calendars carry a New Year’s message and mention about the upcoming election but […]
The Election Commission (EC) is investigating what is seen by many as attempts by ousted prime minster Thaksin Shinawatra to exert influence over Pheu Thai Party, EC secretary-general Jarungvith Phumma said today. He was responding to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon’s remarks on Monday that the media should ask the EC whether it should investigate […]
The Election Commission (EC) has threatened to dissolve Pheu Thai if an inquiry into a meeting of party members with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Hong Kong finds the party let a non-member or outsider interfere in its internal affairs. EC secretary-general Jarungvith Phumma said on Tuesday the commission had already ordered a fact-finding […]
Without the defendant showing up, the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions agreed Tuesday to hear testimonies from six plaintiff witnesses in the case against fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra over his role in the 2003 Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) scandal. The testimonies were requested by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which […]
A police colonel seen with the two fugitive former Shinawatra prime ministers at the World Cup last week and earlier with one of them in London has been suspended from duty pending an inquiry. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, who supervises the police force, said on Monday that Watanyu Witthaypalothai had been relieved from duty […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued another arrest warrant for fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the case in which he is accused of malfeasance over the Export-Import Bank of Thailand’s 4-billion-baht loan to Myanmar that favoured his family business. The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions issued the warrant after […]
BANGKOK, 27th June 2018 (NNT) – The Election Commission has begun an investigation into the making of a video of fugitive former PM Thaksin Shinawatra holding talks with members of the Pheu Thai Party. EC President Supachai Somcharoen said on Tuesday that the main meeting of the commission has already heard about the probe into […]
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on Wednesday issued a second warrant for the arrest of Thaksin Shinawatra to stand trial on a revived corruption case regarding the extension of 9.9 billion baht loans to companies owned by real estate developer, Krisdamahanakorn or KMC by state-run Krungthai Bank. The court held […]
