Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is at the centre of an uproar against a government-proposed decree widely seen as being enacted primarily to pardon his jail term, said he had no knowledge of the move. Speaking from his Dubai base late on Wednesday, Thaksin said the cabinet was discussing the annual pardon of […]
The People’s Alliance for Democracy, or PAD, will gather to oppose the royal pardon decree to benefit former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday. Meanwhile, the multi-color shirt group organizes their protest this evening at Lumpini Park. The protest is scheduled for Monday at the Council of State headquarters from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. […]
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung on Thursday denied the draft royal pardon decree approved by the cabinet on Tuesday is designed mainly to benefit fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The decree, if put in effect, would benefit up to 26,000 people, he said. Read more: Bangkok Post
The Thai cabinet yesterday endorsed a royal decree to seek amnesty for convicts on His Majesty the King’s birthday next month in a move criticised by the opposition as being designed to benefit former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Government House sources said the decree was raised as an unscheduled item during the weekly cabinet meeting […]
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday denied as baseless the reports in some media that she would step down in a show of responsibility for failing to resolve the flood crisis. Ms Yingluck insisted that she has no thought of resigning but would continue to put her utmost effort into doing her job as […]
More than 10 million people lived permanently and temporarily in Bangkok prior to the devastating floods even though much of Bangkok is actually below sea level and pundits have been warning of the dangers of massive flooding in Bangkok for years. In 2006 then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra even went so far as to suggest […]
Thailand’s government says it will review hundreds of prosecutions since the 2006 military coup that led to years of political turmoil. The cases under review are expected to include prosecutions of hundreds of protesters in Bangkok in recent years, corruption charges against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and scores of people charged with defaming the […]
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Thursday denied that her brother Thaksin had influenced her Cabinet by instructing the ruling Pheu Thai Party what to do, in his Skype call to Wednesday’s gathering of the party’s Cabinet members. “He just offered his moral support to the Cabinet regarding their job of serving the people,” Yingluck said. […]
