BANGKOK, Aug 19 (TNA) – A Thai court has scheduled witness hearings for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s lese-majeste case to begin in July 2025, following the completion of evidence examination. Thaksin Shinawatra, a free man tomorrow thanks to amnesty by Royal Decree The court has allocated three sessions for prosecution witnesses and four for […]
Paroled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will become a free man tomorrow, thanks to an amnesty issued under a Royal Decree on the occasion of HM the King’s sixth cycle birthday. Thai Court denies Thaksin permission to go to Dubai The Royal Decree, countersigned by Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, was published in the […]
The Criminal Court on Wednesday denied former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra permission to leave for Dubai on Thursday for medical treatment, just three weeks before the first hearing in the lese majeste case against him. Thaksin, 75, says he is too old to become Prime Minister again A source said Thaksin filed the request on […]
Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said today he is too old to become prime minister again, but he may advise his daughter, Pheu Thai party leader Paetongtarn, in a private capacity. Thaksin granted bail, surrenders passport, banned from going abroad The former prime minister, who will complete his parole on August 22, celebrated his 75th […]
The Criminal Court has granted bail to paroled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but he has had to surrender his passport after being formally indicted on charges of lèse majesté and violation of the Computer Crime Act today. Former Thai PM Thaksin Formally Indicted in Royal Defamation Case The court agreed to grant Thaksin release […]
BANGKOK, June 18 (TNA) – The Criminal Court has accepted the indictment from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a royal defamation charge related to an interview with foreign media in 2015. Thaksin Shinawatra to be charged with lese-majeste The court has later granted bail to him […]
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has recovered from Covid, he told AFP on Wednesday, as he prepares to face trial on charges of insulting the monarchy. Thaksin Shinawatra to be charged with lese-majeste The 74-year-old two-time premier ousted in a 2006 coup is expected in court on June 18 for prosecution under the kingdom’s […]
BANGKOK, May 29 (TNA) — The Attorney-General said on Wendesday that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indiced convicted under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or lese majeste law and computer crime charges arising from an interview he gave in South Korea in 2015, three months after he was freed on parole on […]
