By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP CHAITHAWAT Tulathon will likely become the new leader of the largest opposition party in place of Pita Limjaroenrat who has recently called it quits, according to partisan sources. An extraordinary caucus of Move Forward partisan members is scheduled for the upcoming Saturday to pick the new party
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Pita quits as Move Forward leader over naming of opposition leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PITA LIMJAROENRAT TODAY (Sep.15) resigned as Move Forward leader to give way for a fellow MP of the progressive party to be named opposition leader at parliament. Pita posted on his Facebook page to announce his resignation with immediate effect as leader of the largest elected party which has finally
Read morePatcharawat shrugs off hearsay over Palang Pracharath leadership
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-CUM-NATURAL Resources & Environment Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan today (Sep.5) shrugged off sustained speculation that he might probably replace his elder brother Prawit Wongsuwan as Palang Pracharath leader anytime soon. Patcharawat, a former police chief and Palang Pracharath partisan counsel, categorically dismissed hearsay that he might probably replace the
Read moreChonlanan’s resignation as Pheu Thai leader seen as a soap opera
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN PROMISE earlier made by Chonlanan Srikaew to resign as Pheu Thai leader today (Aug.30) was likened to a scene of a soap opera shown on air as though it could have somehow entertained public viewers, according to Move Forward MP/spokesman Rangsiman Rome. Chonlanan’s resignation as Pheu Thai
Read moreChonlanan’s wife says he’s ready to resign after govt is set up
IN RESPONSE to social media clamour questioning when Pheu Thai Party leader Chonlanan Srikaew is going to resign as he said he would if the “uncles’ camps” join his party, his wife Nuansakul Bamrungpong said today (Aug. 19) he is ready to do after a coalition government has been set up, Matichon newspaper said.
Read moreCambodian leader leaves G-20 early after Covid-19 diagnosis
By AP and published by Toronto Star Nusa Dua, Indonesia — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said today (Nov. 15) he has Covid-19 and is leaving the Group of 20 meetings in Bali, just days after hosting US President Joe Biden and other world leaders for a summit in his country’s capital. The diagnosis
Read moreXi Jinping to give a keynote speech at Apec CEO Summit
CHINESE leader Xi Jinping has accepted an invitation to give a keynote speech at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) CEO Summit 2022 which is being held in parallel to the 29th Apec Summit taking place during Nov. 16-19, INN News said today (Nov. 1). Mr. Poj Aramwattananon, chairman of the Apec CEO Summit 2022, said
Read moreBoris Johnson eyes comeback bid as UK Tories pick new leader
By AP and published by Toronto.citynews.ca London –Several British lawmakers, including former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, were trying to scoop up support today (Oct. 21) ahead of a short, intense contest to replace Liz Truss as the nation’s leader. Truss quit on Thursday after a turbulent 45-day term, conceding that she could not deliver
Read moreThammanat named top leader of Thai Economic Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MAVERICK MP Thammanat Prompao today (June 10) was named top leader of Thai Economic Party. In an extraordinary caucus, Thammanat was unanimously voted as the top leader of Thai Economic Party whereas MP Pai Lik was named secretary-general of the “independent” party among a total of 22 members of its executive
Read moreRung’s bail extended in crop top Section 112 case
PROTEST leader Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, was granted an extension of her temporary release till December 27, 2022 in a Criminal Code Section 112 case, known as the lese majeste law, involving wearing a crop top in a shopping mall, Matichon newspaper said today (May 27). Rung had gone to Bangkok South Criminal Court
Read moreFormer guard leader of activist group gets 6 years in jail in lese majeste case
THE FORMER leader of the People’s Party (or Rasadorn Group) guards Mr. Sombat Thongyoi was today (Apr. 28) sentenced by the Bangkok South Criminal Court to six years imprisonment after being found guilty of offences under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, and Computer Crimes Act B.E. 2560 (2017),
Read moreRung’s bail extended, EM bracelet removed
PROTEST leader Ms. Panassaya Sitthichirawatanakul, or Rung, was granted an extension of her bail till June 16, 2022 in two cases involving demonstrations at Sanam Luang on September 19, 2020 and at Ladprao intersection on December 2 that same year, Matichon newspaper and Sanook.com said today (Jan. 12). Later in the afternoon the Ayutthaya Provincial
Read moreRung denied bail in crop top Section 112 case
PROTEST leader Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, was today (Nov. 15) denied bail in a Criminal Code Section 112 case, known as the lese majeste law, involving the wearing of a crop top and going to Siam Paragon shopping mall so attired on December 20 last year, Sanook.com and Siam Rath newspaper said. The Centre for
Read moreRung sues Prayut for limiting freedom of assembly
A PROTEST leader and a team of human rights lawyers this morning (Oct. 29) filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Defence Forces Chief Gen. Chalermpol Srisawad for issuing announcements limiting the freedom of assembly while also asking for temporary protection of a rally planned to take place on Sunday Oct. 31, Siam
Read moreDaily Covid deaths soar to 34, Rung among 1,983 infected
THE daily tally of coronavirus deaths reached a new high at 34 this morning (May 12) with there being an additional 1,983 cases among whom is newly-released protest leader Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. According to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) the new batch of cases
Read moreHunger-striking Thai protest leader granted bail
By AFP and published by France 24 THE Criminal Court granted bail to a prominent pro-democracy protest leader who has reportedly been on hunger strike for over a month today (May 6). Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, more commonly known by her nickname Rung, faces nine charges of insulting the monarchy over her role in protests last
Read morePenguin’s lawyer hopeful family will be allowed to visit him today
THE human rights lawyer representing detained protest leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, who was transferred to Ramathibodi Hospital for treatment yesterday after his condition deteriorated as a result of an over a month long hunger strike for not being granted bail is hopeful his mother and other relatives would be allowed to visit him
Read moreBangkok prison: Penguin is not dead
AFTER social media was abuzz with rumours that detained protest leader Mr. Prit Chivarak, or Penguin, who has been on hunger strike since March 13 after being refused bail, had died, Bangkok Special Prison clarified on its webpage that this is not true, Thai Rath newspaper said today (April 11). According to social media posts
Read morePenguin ‘completely exhausted after 11 days of hunger strike’
THE United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration posted a message today (March 27) that People’s Party leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, who went on a hunger strike after being refused bail and held in pretrial detention over charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, is now
Read moreRung faces new charges – damage to potted plants set at 5.9m baht
PROTEST leader Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, today (March 7) went to Samranrat police station to acknowledge charges stemming from the demonstration on February 13 that started at the Democracy Monument and later shifted to the City Pillar Shrine and ended in a melee with the police with the cost of moving and damaging potted
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