The Samut Prakarn provincial court Tuesday sentenced a close aide to ex-pm Thaksin Shinawatra to six years in jail and fined him Bt12,000 after finding him guilty of embezzlement and fraud for his failure to deliver a Bt200-million rice shipment to Iran. The defendant, 50-year-old Apichat Chansakunporn, alias Sia Pieng, managing director of President Agri […]
BANGKOK — The Thai military junta further consolidated its power tonight by dissolving the Senate and transferring top officials allied to the previous government to inactive posts. The announcement was made in a statement released by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) this evening. Read more: khaosod.co.th
Deputy Senate Speaker-elect Phirasak Porchit said on Saturday some senators met former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Singapore a few days ago. However, he said he did not know if the meeting had anything to do with the accusation that Thaksin had bribed some senators. Read more: Bangkok Post
Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Tuesday that she has not discussed with her family and elder brother Thaksin Shinawatra on taking a break from politics, but she said she is ready to do so if it is the need of the majority of the people. Ms Yingluck made her remarks following reports that her […]
BANGKOK, April 22 – Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said today she has not discussed with her family and elder brother Thaksin Shinawatra taking a break from politics, but she said she is ready to do so if it is the need of the majority of the people. Ms Yingluck made her remarks following […]
The Shinawatra family, including fugitive former prime minister Thaksin, is willing to make sacrifice by washing their hands off politics so the country can move forward, said Mr Noppadol Pattama, Thaksin’s private lawyer, today. However, all parties in the political conflict must make sacrifice as well and must respect the rules of the game, said […]
Fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra sent best wishes to the Thai people on the occasion of the traditional Thai New Year and pleaded for unity and peace in the country. In the message broadcast on digital TV Channel 4, Thaksin said the current situation is quite chaotic because “rule is not rule, law is not law.” […]
(10 April) A group of royalist activists have urged the police to take legal action against a Redshirts leader for allegedly defaming the monarchy in an interview with Vice News. The activists also demanded that the authorities investigate any possible links between the Canada-based news agency and former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Read more: khaosod.co.th
