Accusations of political manipulation at the constitutional court SINCE 2006, when the armed forces ousted the then prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s constitutional court has dissolved two popular pro-Thaksin parties and disqualified hundreds of his allies. Now it may be the turn of the ruling Democrat Party, which is accused of campaign-finance fraud. A final […]
BANGKOK, 9 November 2010 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Major General Sanan Kajornprasart revealed that he had met with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Norway. During a press conference yesterday, Major General Sanan, one of the deputy prime ministers, talked about his merit-making trip to nine temples in nine different countries. He said he […]
Thaksin Addresses Supporters Supporters of the pro-Thaksin United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship have gathered in Udon Thani, prompting concern among government figures that the protest group may be regaining strength. Puea Thai MP and UDD key leader Jatuporn Prompan, together with deputy House speaker Apiwan Wiriyachai and a number of Puea Thai MPs, also […]
As Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva headed for Lop Buri yesterday morning to supervise flood relief operations after a prior visit to Nakhon Ratchasima province, fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra posted pre-dawn Twitter messages boasting about the provisions he had made. Abhisit was scheduled to visit Ban Mi and Muang districts in Lop Buri where heavy rains […]
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will return to Thailand if the opposition Pheu Thai Party wins a landslide election victory and forms a one-party government, according to a satellite-based television station run by his family. If Pheu Thai forms a government, legislation to grant amnesty to people banned from politics will be “urgently tabled […]
Yesterday the Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for two additional yellow shirt members over the airport siege case. On October 6, the Criminal Court agreed to issue arrest warrants for General Patompong Kaysornsook and former actress Sirilak Pongchok, after failing to report to the police to acknowledge their charges as summoned. The two have been […]
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — An emergency decree in Bangkok and three provinces has been extended, a Thai government spokesman said Tuesday. The decree allows authorities to detain suspects without formal charges up to 90 days. The emergency rule was imposed in April after anti-government protests crippled much of Thailand. The extension of the emergency rule […]
BANGKOK, Sept 24 — Thailand’s Civil Court on Friday ruled that the purchase agreement for plots of Ratchadapisek land between the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) and Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra, ex-wife of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was invalidated so that Khunying Pojaman must return the four plots of land to the FIDF and […]
