SI SA KET, April 14 – Several thousand Red Shirts on Saturday crossed a border checkpoint in the northern province of Si Sa Ket to greet ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Thai New Year in Cambodia. Members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), supporters of self-exiled ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from 20 […]
Fugitive former PM Thaksin Shinawatra told his red-shirt supporters yesterday that he would return to Thailand in the next three or four months. Thaksin, who has been in self-exile overseas, did not specify the exact date but he had said earlier that his supporters were preparing for his return as “a birthday present”. His birthday […]
BANGKOK, April 12 – A key leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), Thailand’s Red Shirt movement, said Thursday that more than 4,000 Cambodian police will be deployed to ensure the safety of Thailand’s ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra who will visit the country this week. UDD key leader Jatuporn Prompan, also a […]
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Wednesday arrived at the military airport in Vientiane to start his three-day visit coinciding with the Songkran Holiday. The plane landed about 11am at a military airport instead of Wat Tai airport for security reasons. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
BANGKOK, April 8 – The opposition is ready to disclose information on alleged talks between ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra and southern insurgent leaders, said Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Sunday. His remarks came after the government told the opposition to reveal information regarding its claims that ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra held talks with insurgent leaders. Read […]
BANGKOK, April 5 – Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung denied on Thursday that fugitive ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly had recently talked with Thailand’s exiled insurgents abroad. The opposition Democrat MPs for southern border provinces of Songkhla and Yala queried Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra during the house session concerning recent deadly bombings which killed […]
The Department of Special Investigation has dropped its investigation against Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, charged for helping her brother Thaksin to conceal his true wealth, on the grounds for lack of cause to suspect a criminal offence. The decision was final and came just days before the case’s March 31 statutory limitations, DSI director […]
BANGKOK, 26 March 2012 (NNT)-Deputy Prime Minister Police Captain Chalerm Yubamrung has dismissed military coup rumors, adding that his government will stay in power until the end of its term given this government is free of corruption. The Deputy Prime Minister has brushed aside the statement made by Advisor to the Prime Minister General Pallop […]
