The main opposition Democrat Party has launched a legal campaign against the foreign minister for alleged abuse of power to help the fugitive ousted premier to enter Japan. Members of the Democrat Party’s legal team Wirat Kalayasiri and Nipit Indharasombat said Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul has violated the Constitution’s Article 176 for starting his work […]
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not travel to Cambodia as speculated although his trip to Japan is confirmed, his legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Thursday. “Thaksin is scheduled to visit Japan from Monday to Friday,” he said. Noppadon said the Democrat Party should verify the facts related to Thaksin’s visa before initiating an […]
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday insisted there was no linkage between her government and her brother Thaksin. Yingluck was reacting to news reports on two issues – charter rewrite and Thaksin’s planned visit to Cambodia. “The charter rewrite will be done to heed the voice of the people,” she said, pointing to a popular […]
Interpol has not revoked a “wanted” notice for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra because it was never issued in the first place, Foreign Minister Surapong Towijakchaikul said on Monday. Mr Surapong was commenting on a report that Interpol had withdrawn its international notice advising that Thaksin was sought for arrest by Thai authorities in connection […]
Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday that giving a diplomatic passport back to her brother, fugitive ex-premier Thaksin, was not one of her government’s plans. Yingluck said that she would not get involved in the process and the matter would depend on Foreign Ministry regulations and procedures. Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul yesterday dismissed media […]
BANGKOK, 14 August 2011 (NNT) – Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has offered to help promote the country’s economy as the trade ambassador according to a Pheu Thai Party MP. Pheu Thai party list MP Thanik Masipitak said Mr.Thaksin had expressed his wish during their meeting in Dubai. The MP claimed the former premier was […]
Surapong Towichakchaikul, who rose to the helm of the Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Ministry to the surprise of many, including himself, yesterday urged the public to give him a chance to work, but was evasive on Thaksin Shinawatra. Surapong, known for wearing a Thaksin mask at a rally and for protesting Britain’s revocation of the ousted […]
BANGKOK, 7 August 2011 (NNT) – Sources from the Pheu Thai Party indicates that the ‘Yingluck Government’ will push Thaksin Shinawatra’s Royal Military Academy Prep-School classmate Sukumpol Suwannadat as Minister of Transport. The ex-Deputy Commander in Chief of the Air Force was destined to be the next boss for the Thai air force back in […]
