Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha today appealed to the Press to refrain from publishing the photos featuring former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra taken from the social media saying that the latter is a fugitive. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
The Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his ex-wife to a ruling by an anti-graft committee set up after the 2006 coup that culminated in him being sentenced to two years in prison for abuse of authority. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK — Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is seeking legal action against an ultra-royalist Thai newspaper that accused him of associating with anti-monarchy activists last week. Mr. Thaksin’s lawyer, Winyat Chartmontri, says the former leader is suing Naewna newspaper for libel and violating the Computer Crime Act, which criminalises disseminating false information through computer systems. […]
Ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will arrive back in Bangkok on Sunday night between 10pm and midnight, according to a source close to her. Ms Yingluck will arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport on a private jet from Singapore, the source said. Read more: Bangkok Post
The military has asked a group of red-shirt people to scrap their merit-making ceremony for Thaksin Shinawatra’s birthday at Imperial World Ladprao shopping centre in Bangkok. Read more: Bangkok Post
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was re-united with her brother Thaksin on her arrival in Paris after flying out of Thailand early on Thursday. Thaksin’s son Panthongtae Shinawatra on Thursday afternoon posted an image on Instagram showing his father tightly hugging a woman. Read more: Bangkok Post
Ex-PM Yingluck leave Bangkok at midnight on European trip; expected to attend ex-PM Thaksin’s birthday celebration in France before returning to Thailand on August 10. News source: MCOT
Most people believe former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will not return to Thailand by Aug 10 as she has promised, and most are certain she will attend elder brother Thaksin’s birthday party in France on July 26, a poll by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) has revealed. Read more: Bangkok Post
