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The Nation
March 17, 2018
Thaksin Shinawatra was one of the rare success stories. In 1995, the-then telecoms businessman in his early ... However, only a year later in 2006 a Thaksin-led government was overthrown in a military coup following allegations of corruption and power abuses. Thaksin's party was later dissolved by courtÃâà...
Capital FM Kenya
March 15, 2018
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 15 – A 39-year-old business tycoon entered Thailand's political bear-pit on Thursday with the launch of a new progressive party, courting the youth vote in a kingdom plagued by coups and corruption. Dubbed “Future Forward”, the party was bornÃâà...
Global Telecoms Business
March 8, 2018
Thaksin Shinawatra, who was prime minister of Thailand for 2001 until overthrown in a military coup in 2006, was alleged to have changed the regulations ... from Bangkok, the court considered his no-show as a denial of the charges of malfeasance, dereliction of duty and violating the anti-corruption law.
The Nation
March 7, 2018
FUGITIVE FORMER prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has decided not to fight a legal battle regarding a telecoms concession case against him because he ... Thaksin, 69, was sued by public prosecutors in 2008 on charges of malfeasance, dereliction of duty and violating the anti-corruption law. He fledÃâà...
ThaiVisa News
March 6, 2018
Fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra gets another arrest warrant in telecom excise tax case ... for Persons Holding Political Positions today (Mar 6) issued another warrant for the arrest of ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra after he failed to appear to defend himself in a corruption case involving a telecom concession.
The Straits Times
March 6, 2018
BANGKOK (THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Thailand's top court on Monday (March 6) issued an arrest warrant for fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for policy executed by his government that was deemed to benefit his family business. The Supreme Court's Criminal Division forÃâà...
The Nation
March 4, 2018
New anti-corruption standards and strict adherence to them will remove any reason or pretext the military can offer for staging a coup. ... Thaksin Shinawatra, whose downfall remains the crux of the current political crisis, was accused of taking advantage of such amendments in order to boost his ownÃâà...
The Interpreter
February 28, 2018
This is meant to be the year that Thailand's junta finally rolls out elections, but already the government has been backtracking, plagued by one corruption scandal after the next. Among these is the trouble Prawit Wongsuwan, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, is in for not declaring more than aÃâà...
South China Morning Post
February 23, 2018
Thaksin Shinawatra, right, with Pheu Thai member Watana Muangsook when the two met this month. Photo: Facebook. The “semi-public” nature of the meetings meanwhile suggests a degree of muscle-flexing by the still-popular Pheu Thai amid rising public pressure against the junta over corruptionÃâà...
The Straits Times
February 19, 2018
Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra calls for party unity ahead of general election ... BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra met lawmakers from his Puea Thai Party in Hong Kong where he ... Their critics accuse them of widespread corruption, which they deny.
Taiwan News
February 18, 2018
Her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted as prime minister in a military coup in 2006. He fled abroad to avoid a corruption conviction. According to Kyodo News, Yingluck Shinawatra, who is believed to have visited Japan for the first time after fleeing Thailand, was accompanied by her brother, ThaksinÃâà...
The Japan Times
February 13, 2018
He fled abroad to avoid a corruption conviction. Yingluck, who is believed to have visited Japan for the first time after fleeing Thailand, was accompanied by Thaksin as well as Somchai Wongsawat, their brother-in-law and another former Thai prime minister. They stayed in Japan for private purposes, theÃâà...
The Straits Times
February 11, 2018
Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra wishing followers a good Chinese New Year in a photo that was posted on his daughter's Instagram on Feb 10, 2018. PHOTO: INSTAGRAM/@ ... Interpol, to help. Thaksin has been living in exile to avoid a 2008 jail sentence for corruption and has a home in Dubai.
Bangkok Post
February 10, 2018
Thaksin Shinawatra is in Beijing, according to his daughter, and there are reports his sister Yingluck might be with him. ... of power in the Ratchada land auction case in 2008 while Yingluck was convicted of neglect of duty in a government rice sales corruption case involving two of her cabinet ministers.
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