By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT REMAINS TO BE seen whether Attorney-General Itthiporn Kaeothip will file a lese majeste lawsuit against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra in the Appellate Court now that the Criminal Court has lifted the case and acquitted him today (Aug.22). Though the attorney-general is being given a 30-day time
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Paetongtarn urged to keep distance from dad to make decision on her own
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COURT-SUSPENDED prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suggested today (Aug.21) to virtually keep her distance from her power-playing father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra for the time being now that she still has time to decide for herself whether to step down or stay put until the Constitutional Court
Read morePaetongtarn in court: Body language shows pressure
WHILE being questioned by the judges of the Constitutional Court for an hour and half this morning (Aug. 21) body language experts said suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra showed clear signs of being under pressure, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. Paetongtarn and National Security Council Secretary-General Chatchai Bangchuad testified in an impeachment case filed
Read morePaetongtarn to testify in court over leaked phone chitchat with Hun Sen
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COURT-SUSPENDED prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra would likely testify before the Constitutional Court next Thursday over an impeachment lawsuit filed against her in the wake of a leaked cellphone chitchat between Cambodian leader Hun Sen and herself, according to Prommin Lertsuridej, secretary-general to the embattled prime minister. Prommin said today
Read moreThaksin anticipates twist in Paetongtarn’s impeachment case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a dumbfounding twist in an historic legal battle intertwined with “last-ditch lobbyism” on the part of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, a pivotal victory is being patiently anticipated for his daughter-turned-prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra who could possibly be exonerated of all relentless charges
Read moreFinal decision by prosecutors to drop lese majeste case against American academic
THE Office of Attorney General has announced a final decision to not prosecute Dr. Paul Chambers on charges of lese majeste, also known as Section 112 of the Criminal Code, and violating the Computer Crimes Act, because he was not the one who posted a message at ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore’s website promoting
Read morePremchai, 14 other suspects in building collapse detained after court denies bail
THE Ratchada Criminal Court this evening (May 16) ordered the initial 12-day detention of Italian-Thai Development Plc President Premchai Karnasuta and 14 other suspects in the collapse of the State Audit building during March 28 earthquake because of significant damage that terrified the public and has great impact on society, Amarin TV said. At
Read moreAnother suspect in Dr. Boon scam case arrested
ANOTHER suspect in the case against Dr. Boon Vanasin, 86, and his accomplices on the charges of jointly defrauding the public and borrowing money in a fraudulent manner has been arrested after the female broker reportedly returned to Thailand, Amarin TV said late last night (Apr. 15). The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) told
Read moreSuspect in Dr.Boon fraud case arrested, flying back from China
A THAI woman suspected to have helped Dr. Boon Vanasin, 86, in allegedly defrauding investors has been arrested in China and is flying back to Thailand tonight (Apr. 7). The suspect, Ms. Thitiporn Chalermrattanaprateep, who was arrested at Guangzhou, had acted as a broker for Dr. Boon who is on the run from charges
Read moreDSI accepts building collapse as special case
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has accepted the collapse of the unfinished 30-storey State Audit building during last Friday’s huge earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, with strong tremors felt across Thailand as a special case, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 2). Justice Minister Thavi Sodsong, who directly controls DSI and is known
Read moreDSI to probe actress Tangmo Nida’s drowning death
THE Department of Special Investigation today (Jan. 22) accepted the case of late actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, drowning in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip in February 2022 for investigation but it is as yet not in the category of a special case, Amarin TV said. DSI’s Director-General Pol. Maj Yuthana
Read moreCourt orders detention of Dr. Boon’s ex-wife, daughter
THE CRIMINAL Court on Ratchadapisek road today (Nov. 25) ordered the detention of fraud suspect on the run Dr. Boon Vanasin’s ex-wife and daughter pending consideration of documents after they submitted 2 million baht each for bail, Naewna newspaper said. The next hearing on a bail request by Mrs. Charuwan Vanasin, 79, and their
Read moreDriver: Dr. Boon and ex-wife lived in the same house
THE driver of the ex-wife of Dr. Boon Vanasin, 86, who is on the run from charges of defrauding investors said at noon today (Nov. 24) when he brought food for her and their daughter who are being detained and questioned at Phaya Thai police station that the two of them lived in the
Read morePolice ready to take action against ‘angels’ in iCon case
AFTER detained owner of The iCon Group Mr. Warathaphon Wratyaworrakul, or Boss Paul, confirmed that the voice in two leaked audio clips was his but that the angels mentioned were those in heaven not on earth and he never bribed anyone, a senior police officer said regardless of where the angels are, if they
Read moreHouse gives green light to arrest Pisal in Tak Bai massacre case
THE House of Representative today (Oct. 3) gave the go-head to Narathiwat Provincial Court to immediately arrest Gen. Pisal Wattanawongkiri, Pheu Thai’s party-list MP, for not attending a hearing of a lawsuit on the dispersal of a protest at Tak Bai district that led to 85 people dying on Oct. 25, 2004 when he
Read moreCase against Swiss man charged with ‘kicking’ doctor dismissed
A THAI court has dismissed the case against a Swiss man who was accused by a Thai woman doctor of having kicked her as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket last February, Sanook.com and Naewna newspaper said today (Sept. 3). It was reported that the
Read moreThailand confirms Asia’s first case of new, deadlier mpox strain
By Agencies and published by CNA THAILAND confirmed on Thursday (Aug. 22) Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the country from Africa. The patient landed in Bangkok on Aug. 14 and was sent to hospital with mpox symptoms. The Department of Disease
Read morePM vows to accept court verdict over impeachment case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (July 30) pledged to wholeheartedly accept a verdict of the Constitutional Court scheduled for the middle of next month over an impeachment lawsuit filed against him. Srettha told reporters at Government House that he will by no means question the Constitutional Court’s final ruling to
Read moreImpeachment case against PM put off again
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT today (July 10) rescheduled deliberation on an impeachment lawsuit against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for later this month. The Constitutional Court rescheduled it for July 24 to handle the impeachment case filed by 40 senators against the Pheu Thai-attached prime minister for allegedly severely breaching the constitution
Read moreCommentator confirms Penguin ‘has fled’ after no-show at court
AFTER THE Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for activist and protest leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, for failing to show up to hear the verdict in case on violating the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, and Computer Crimes Act, a popular Internet commentator confirmed that he has
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