FORMER prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh yesterday said he felt fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra wanted to return home when they talked on the phone “a few days ago”. Chavalit, 86, refused to say how often he talked to Thaksin and who had made the call in their latest conversation. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
Former prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra attended a social function in Tokyo today (March 29), The Asahi Shimbun reports. In a brief interview at the sidelines of the function held at the New Otani Hotel, Thaksin predicted that Pheu Thai Party would get a landslide victory in the next general election. Full story: […]
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions today (Mar 6) issued another warrant for the arrest of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra after he failed to appear to defend himself in a corruption case involving a telecom concession. In this case, Thaksin was indicted of corruption over the conversion of revenue-sharing telecom concession to […]
BANGKOK — Fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra denied late Monday night that he has ever defamed the royal family and threatened to sue anyone who accuses him of the crime. Thaksin, who was ousted in the 2006 coup, tweeted in Thai on Monday night, Bangkok time, that he was “emotionally troubled” by word the new […]
Fugitive ex-Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will face four charges, including royal defamation and computer-related crimes, Thailand’s attorney general said Friday, a day after police announced a third warrant had been issued for his sister Yingluck’s arrest. Thaksin, 68, a former telecommunications tycoon, lives in exile after he was deposed in a 2006 military coup […]
Fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra made a surprise return to twitter on Wednesday his sister’s flight from the country last Friday. The tweet came after a few days after his sister; Yingluck Shinawatra, also an ex-PM, failed to show up to hear the ruling on a charge of negligence concerning her government’s rice-pledging scheme, that cost […]
Army Commander-in-chief Gen Chalermchai Sitthisad said Tuesday (Aug 29) that fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra was behind the escape of his younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra. The army chief said he believed that Ms Yingluck had planned her escape in advance with her brother’s personal jet standing by. The escape plan was well prepared but just awaited for […]
At least five court cases, including four alleging corruption, against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra are expected to be resumed in absentia following a new organic law endorsed by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA). The NLA voted unanimously Thursday to pass the controversial draft organic law on criminal procedures for holders of a political position. […]
