Maj Gen Chamlong Srimuang, Sonthi Limthongkul and eight other leading members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) were on Tuesday indicted by the prosecution in the Dusit District Court for staging a rally in 2011 over the Preah Vihear temple dispute with Cambodia in violation of the Internal Security Act. The eight others indicted […]
BANGKOK — Thailand’s national anti-corruption agency says it will prosecute former Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat and his deputies for authorizing a crackdown on Yellowshirt protesters in October 2008. On 7 October 2008 the Redshirt-backed government ordered police to clear Yellowshirt protesters who were blocking the entrance to Parliament and calling on Somchai to resign. Read […]
The Criminal Court has postponed until July 20 the examination of evidence in the case against 96 People’s Alliance for Democracy members indicted on various charges related to the seizure of Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports in 2008. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK — The Supreme Court has agreed to release the founder of the “Yellowshirt” political movement from prison on bail today, two weeks after he was convicted of fraud. Sondhi Limthongkul was found guilty of fraud and falsifying loan documents by Thailand’s Court of Appeals on 7 August and sentenced to 42 years behind bars. […]
BANGKOK — Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is looking to file criminal charges against former Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat for the government crackdown on Yellowshirt demonstrators in 2008, the agency’s chairman says. On the morning of 7 October 2008, two people were killed and more than 380 injured after riot police attempted to remove Yellowshirt […]
BANGKOK — The founder of Yellowshirt movement, Sondhi Limthingkul, was convicted of fraud today and will spend a day in the prison where dozens of Redshirt activists are currently being held, an official said. “He will be held at Section One, where Redshirt prisoners are also held,” said Sorasith Chongcharoen, director of Bangkok’s Remand Prison. […]
Thailand’s Court of Appeals sentences Sondhi Limthongkul to 20 years prison for violating Securities & Exchange Act, falsifying documents used as collateral for Bt1 billion loan for media empire. News source: MCOT
BANGKOK, 23 May 2014 (NNT) – The Criminal Court has ordered cancellation of bail granted to three former members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) involved in the seizure of airports in 2008 due to their roles in recent anti-government protests. The Criminal Court today deliberated on the bail revocation request of the Department […]
