THAILAND – Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is still healthy but he keeps quiet as does not want to be linked with political issues, people close to him said yesterday. Thaksin’s brother-in-law Somchai Wongsawat – also a former prime minister – said Thaksin had greeted him by telephone on Sunday. Thaksin was not somewhere near […]
A grenade attack on the car of a journalist working for the state run broadcasting system in Bangkok, Tuesday underlines that the civil unrest continues in Thailand. In the latest of what is believed to be a grenade attack none was injured. Grenades targeted sites in Bangkok on August 27, July 30 and a week […]
Montenegro has informed Thailand that it will take legal action against convicted ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra if Interpol put Thaksin on its wanted list, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Monday. “Montenegro Foreign Minister (Milan Rocen) had informed me twice in his letters that the action against Khun Thaksin will depend on the Interpol” Kasit said. […]
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya will meet on Monday Montenegro’s high ranking officials including president and prime minister in a bid to boost the bilateral cooperation and relations. One of the topics expected to be raised when they meet in the capital of Podgorica is about runaway ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra who is holding […]
His intense silence has fired rumors about ‘intensive care’. Is Thaksin in ICU (Intensive Care Unit)? Or is it just some wild rumor promoted by some of his foes? Manager Weekly today put Thaksin Shinawatra on the cover again with a simple headline: “ICU”? The story inside repeats the speculation about Thaksin’s health. But some […]
BANGKOK, 25 August 2010 (NNT) – Thai Ambassador to Cambodia Prasas Prasasvinitchai has returned to Phnom Penh to resume his duties. The Thai government is taking its first step on the bilateral relations restoration effort after Cambodia has confirmed the resignation of self-exiled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra as its Economic Advisor. Speaking upon his return, Mr […]
A key leader of the People’s Alliance for Democracy asks the government to be aware of new moves by ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to instigate chaos Core leader of the People Alliance for Democracy, Sondhi Limthongkul, said current low profile of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra may contrarily suggest he is engineering a new campaign […]
The Bangkok Post quotes PAD leader Sondhi L as stating: When Thaksin was running the government he was the centre of corruption, but in the Abhisit administration corruption had spread to to all ministries, he said. “I believe there is more corruption now than during the Thaksin administration,” Mr Sondhi said. Asian Correspondent
