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The Nation
March 27, 2018
Wadah was a faction within the New Aspiration Party and became part of the Pheu Thai Party after NAP was merged into Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai Party, which was Pheu Thai's predecessor. Some of the group's members also joined Matubhum Party, which was formed by former coup leaderÃâà...
WRAL.com
March 8, 2018
The Constitutional Court has been closely involved in some of the political tumult that has enveloped Thailand since at least 2006, when one of its rulings invalidated a general election, undermining the government of then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a military coup later thatÃâà...
Capacity Media
March 8, 2018
The founder of Thai telecoms operator AIS did not turn up at the Supreme Court in Bangkok this week for a resumed hearing on corruption charges. 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 onÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 7, 2018
Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said Wednesday former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would be at a disadvantage by not appointing a lawyer to represent him in court. He was commenting on reports the former premier was not represented by a lawyer when the Supreme Court's CriminalÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 7, 2018
Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said Wednesday former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would be at a disadvantage by not appointing a lawyer to represent him in court. He was commenting on reports the former premier was not represented by a lawyer when the Supreme Court's CriminalÃâà...
Asian Correspondent
March 7, 2018
THAILAND'S Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a new arrest warrant for fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra after resuming his trial in absentia on alleged manipulation of policy for personal gain 15 years ago. The revival of the case was made possible under a new law that took effect lastÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 6, 2018
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a new arrest warrant for fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and resumed his trial in absentia on alleged manipulation of telecom concession fees for personal gain 15 years ago. The case is the first to be revived by public prosecutors of the many casesÃâà...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
March 2, 2018
Thailand had been wracked by occasionally violent political fighting between supporters and opponents of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he was ousted in a 2006 coup. Disruptive street protests by anti-Thaksin demonstrators beginning in late 2013 led to the takeover by the army, whichÃâà...
The Nation
February 27, 2018
The advocate judge in the passport-revocation case concerning self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra made the closing statement in the case on Tuesday. He insisted that lawful procedures had been followed, and that the Consular Affairs Department's regulation to issue or revoke a ThaiÃâà...
Bangkok Post
February 26, 2018
The Pheu Thai Party faces the prospect of dissolution after it was accused of allowing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is widely believed to be its de facto leader, to control its internal affairs. The former ruling party vehemently denies Thaksin is pulling the strings behind it, which would beÃâà...
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 20, 2018
BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, former leader Yingluck, were in Singapore on Tuesday (Feb 20), in a rare sighting of them since Yingluck fled Thailand last year, and a day after Thaksin called for unity within his party. Thaksin and YingluckÃâà...
The Straits Times
February 19, 2018
BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra met lawmakers from his Puea Thai Party in Hong Kong where he called for party unity ahead of an approaching general election, party members said on Monday (Feb 19). Many are watching to see how Puea Thai PartyÃâà...
Taiwan News
February 18, 2018
SINGAPORE(Taiwan News)- According to Central News Agency, former Thailand political leaders Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra, are ... was accompanied by her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra as well as Somchai Wongsawat, their brother-in-law who is also a former Thai prime minister.
The Japan Times
February 13, 2018
Ousted Thai leaders Yingluck Shinawatra and Thaksin Shinawatra leave Japan for Hong Kong. Kyodo ... Thailand's ousted ex-prime ministers, Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, both fugitives forced to live overseas, left Japan for Hong Kong on Tuesday, sources close to them said.
