BANGKOK, Jan 26 – Thailand’s ruling Pheu Thai Party on Thursday said it will file a counter charge against the opposition Democrat Party and its 145 MPs for filing a false petition against the prime minister and foreign minister on their alleged role in returning a passport to fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Pheu Thai spokesman […]
BANGKOK, Jan 24 – Thailand’s Opposition Democrat Party on Tuesday filed an impeachment petition against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul for their alleged roles in connection with the return of a Thai passport to fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Wirat Kalayasiri, leader of the Democrat legal team and Democrat MP for Songkhla, […]
Thaksin Shinawatra’s former right hand man Padung Limcharoenrat has been appointed secretary to the Interior Minister by Cabinet. Among the other appointments is one of the notorious Yoobumrung brothers, Wan, as advisor to the deputy transport minister. Read more: TAN Network
BANGKOK, Jan 22 – Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited Luang Prabang, the UNESCO World Heritage Site for Laos PDR, on Jan 19-20 for merit-making before returning to Dubai and did so without any political agenda, his legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Sunday. Mr Noppadol said the visit had nothing to do with political […]
Top Yellow Shirt leader calls for another military coup (Is this legal?) The PAD’s Manager Online has a report in Thai. The headline reads: “Sondhi urges the military to cooperate with the people-sector to stage a coup and protect the monarchy” (“สนธิ จี้ทหารจับมือภาค ปชช.ปฏิวัติ ยึดอำนาจรัฐ ปกป้องสถาบัน”). PP: The Sondhi speech is, of course, insane. But […]
BANGKOK: Thailand’s government has returned the Thai passport of the fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and is preparing to welcome him from exile, stoking renewed political tensions in the country. Mr Thaksin, a divisive figure, missed a self-imposed deadline to be in Bangkok for the wedding of his daughter Pinthongta two weeks ago. But […]
Good relations and perceived mutual benefit – and not the involvement of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra – were the reasons for Burma’s rapidly agreeing to sign a petroleum concession contract with PTTEP in the New Year, Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul said. Surapong and Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan discussed the matter with Burmese Energy Minister […]
Thailand’s Foreign Ministry issued a new Thai passport to fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Oct 31, Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut claimed on Thursday. Mr Chavanond said he had received an email message from a Foreign Ministry official who wrote under the pseudonym ‘Buakaew Saiphanmai’ (new blood of the ministry). The message said […]
