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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
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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra broke his long silence, complaining that he has always been unfairly blamed for being behind all the untoward incidents that happened in the country be it the Ratchaprasong bomb explosion or the multiple bomb attacks in southern provinces. Not only himself, he complained that his family
Read More The Revenue Department has now assessed the capital gain tax and fines that the former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has to pay for the sale of Shin Corporation shares, now renamed Intouch Holdings Plc, in 2006 at 17 billion baht. The department has officially notified Thaksin or his representative to hear and
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has reiterated that he would not invoke Section 44 of the interim constitution to demand capital gains tax payment from the Shinawatra family over the sale of its stake in Shin Corporation to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings in 2006. But he said the Finance Ministry had ordered the
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Pressure is mounting on the government to find ways to collect 12 billion baht in taxes from former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra over the Shin Corp stake sale as the deadline for collecting the amount draws close. The statute of limitations in the case expires in only 18 days. Full story: Bangkok
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The finance minister has ordered the Revenue Department to find a way to tax two children of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on the 7.9-billion-baht gains they made from the Shin Corp share sale deal 10 years ago. In 2007, the Revenue Department estimated that Thaksin's children had to pay 11.5
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The Central Administrative Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra against foreign permanent secretary and director-general of the Consular Affairs Department for revoking his two passports. Thaksin, through his lawyer, had wanted the court to rescind the order of the Consular Affairs Department that invalidated
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BANGKOK — The junta said today it can prove, once and for all, that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has paid foreign lobbyists to sabotage Thailand’s reputation and destabilize the military government. But that proof is classified, for now. Read more: khaosodenglish.com By Teeranai Charuvastra
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