BANGKOK, June 18 – Thailand’s opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday stood firm in his stance that his Democrat Party has no plan to join the Pheu Thai-led government as earlier proposed by ousted ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The Democrat leader made clear his stance after the party’s former secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban revealed that convicted ex-premier […]
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has won an appellate review and will get his day in court suing a former graft buster Kaewsun Atibodhi for libel. The Appeals Court on Wednesday ruled to overturn a lower court’s dismissal verdict and to order the start of libel trail involving Kaewsun. Read more: The Nation
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra heightened political tensions Saturday by urging his red shirt supporters not to accept what he referred to as another attempt to usurp power from the people. In a fiery speech to red shirts gathered at the Thunder Dome, Impact Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi, Thaksin said the Constitution Court’s suspension […]
All 12 military, civilian and police intelligence agencies in Thailand have been ordered to monitor an ongoing political rally against a Pheu Thai Party attempt to debate a bill in favour of defacto leader Thaksin Shinawatra, according to a directive from Deputy Prime Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapha signed yesterday. Yuthasak rejects coup rumours as yellow shirts […]
BANGKOK, May 26 – The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), or the Yellow Shirt movement, will gather next Wednesday in Bangkok to protest against the reconciliation bill which was set to be deliberated in the House of Representatives on that day. The yellow-shirts move came as the House session is scheduled to consider on May […]
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is scheduled to return to England for the first time since 2008 to watch Monday’s crucial soccer game between Manchester United and Manchester City, his legal aide Noppadon Pattama confirmed yesterday. British authorities shut Thaksin out in late 2008 after he was found guilty in the Ratchadaphisek land case. Before […]
The Supreme Court Friday removed a daughter of former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat as an MP and placed her under five-year political ban for making a false asset declaration. The Criminal Division for Holders of Political Office found Chinnicha Wongsawat guilty of failing to declare her debt worth Bt100 million upon assuming position as a […]
Defence Minister General Sukampol Suwannathat re-confirmed yesterday that fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is being targeted for assassination. Because of security concerns Thaksin is reported to have cancelled a market visit in Cambodia. He had flown to Phnom Penh to visit the father of Cambodian premier Hun Sen. Read more: The Nation
