By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE UNLIKELY FOR de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra to be held in custody by the authorities on lese majeste charges, said a partisan source today (Feb.18). In case that the Office of the Attorney-General may proceed with a lese majeste lawsuit in the Criminal
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Justice minister confirms Thaksin has been granted parole
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-CUM-CONVICT Thaksin Shinawatra has already been granted parole, confirmed Justice Minister Thawee Sodsong today (Feb.13). After spending half of his curtailed, one-year jail sentence accounting for a six-month period at Police Hospital since August, the de facto Pheu Thai boss is being released on parole among
Read morePaetongtarn’s puzzling statement on Thaksin’s lese majeste questioning
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI LEADER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Feb.9) made a puzzling statement about her father/de facto party boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra, saying he has already been questioned by public prosecutors over lese majeste charges and is anticipated to literally return home. Paetongtarn told reporters that public prosecutors have already questioned
Read moreProsecutors, police have waited in vain to quizz ‘untouchable’ Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PUBLIC PROSECUTORS AND POLICE have apparently waited in vain for a questioning of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra at a Bangkok prison on lese majeste charges, a police source said today (Feb.6). The public prosecutors attached to the Office of the Attorney-General and the police of
Read moreThaksin being hit with Section 112 charges upon release on parole
CONVICTED de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra who is speculated will be released on parole on Feb. 22 now faces charges under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, and the Computer Crimes Act with the Corrections Department being notified to hold him, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Feb.
Read moreSrettha having said he would amend Section 112 just an opinion: Party
PHEU THAI today (Feb. 1) explained that Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin having once said he would amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, was just his opinion and not part of the party’s campaign leading up to the general election last May, Matichon newspaper said. This came after the
Read moreConstitutional Court already turned into ‘superpower’ agency: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT has practically become a “superpower” agency which could put an end to policies and resolutions made by those in the legislative branch and hand them severe penalties, according to a noted academic. Munin Pongsapan, a former dean of Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, commented the Constitutional Court
Read moreMove Forward refutes anti-monarchy accusations
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER Chaithawat Tulathon today (Jan.31) categorically denied that his partisan colleagues had looked to amend the lese majeste law with alleged intent to undermine the monarchy as otherwise accused in court. The Move Forward leader was responding to the Constitutional Court’s ruling delivered hours earlier against a sustained
Read moreMove Forward survives Constitutional Court’s ruling on lese majeste law amendment
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD HAS SURVIVED the Constitutional Court’s historic ruling delivered today (Jan. 31) to deter the progressive party’s sustained attempt to amend the highly contentious lese majeste law with a court order for an immediate end to it. The nine-judge Constitutional Court ruled that former Move Forward leader/current MP
Read moreCourt to pass verdict on Pita’s ITV case in January
THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court will hand down its verdict on a petition the Election Commission filed against former Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat over holding 00.0035% shares in non-operating ITV channel on Jan. 24, 2024, Matichon newspaper said today (Dec. 20). The court had ordered Pita to stop performing as MP on July 19 pending
Read moreRakchanok sentenced to 6-year jail term on lese majeste charges, released on bail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP RAKCHANOK Srinok was today (Dec.13) judged by court as guilty of lese majeste charges and sentenced to six years in jail but was eventually released on bail. The Criminal Court ruled Rakchanok guilty of breaking the lese majeste law aka Section 112 of the Criminal Code by
Read moreNo special parking arrangement for Thaksin’s visitors at Police Hospital
WITH today (Aug. 28) being the first time that Pheu Thai de facto boss Thaksin Shinawatra is being allowed visitors at Police Hospital where he is undergoing medical treatment after being rushed there from prison last Tuesday upon returning to Thailand that same day, the hospital’s car park attendant said no instructions had been
Read moreConstitutional Court accepts petition against Pita over lese majeste amendment bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT today (July 12) accepted a petition filed against prime minister-designate Pita Limjaroenrat and his Move Forward Party on charges of conspiring to undermine rule by pushing for amendment to the lese majeste law. However, Pita and the Move Forward are allowed by court to defend themselves by
Read moreYok explains her actions after termination of student status
SOON AFTER Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School issued a statement late this afternoon (June 17) that 15-year-old Thanalop Phalanchai, or Yok, no longer has student status for not complying with the condition that a parent must hand over the student at the start of the new school year, she clarified her actions in a
Read moreMove Forward denies any link to Yok’s actions
MOVE Forward Party denied being behind the actions of a 15-year-old girl who is the youngest person ever accused of violating the lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, and has climbed the gate to go study in her school after a problem arose over her dyed hair and insistence on
Read moreYok climbs fence to enter school again, willing to hold talks
A 15-year-old girl who is the youngest person ever accused of violating the lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, climbed the fence to enter her school again today (June 15) and said she is willing to hold talks to find a solution to continuing studying there, Naewna newspaper said. Triam
Read moreTeen lese majeste suspect expelled from school
A 15-year-old teen girl who is the youngest person ever accused of violating the lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, posted a message on her personal Facebook page that she has been expelled from school, Naewna newspaper said this morning (June 14). Thanalop Phalanchai, or Yok, a 10th grade student
Read morePetitions in pursuit of Move Forward dissolution lifted
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ELECTION COMMISSION secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee has already waived petitions earlier filed against the Move Forward in pursuit of the otherwise dissolution of the progressive party, said a source in the polling agency today (June 11). In his capacity as Political Party Registrar, Sawaeng has lifted those anti-Move Forward complaints for
Read moreChaos at Palang Pracharath event as hunger-striking duo show up
A PALANG Pacharath campaign event in Thonburi plunged into chaos after two female activists who held a severe hunger strike for weeks arrived with their group to ask questions about Criminal Code Section 112, or the lese majeste law, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Apr. 1). At 6.05 p.m. the two young activists, Tantawan
Read moreMove Forward resolved to push for amendment to lese majeste law
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER Pita Limjaroenrat today (Jan.24) reconfirmed his party will certainly push for amendment to the lese majeste law in the wake of a couple of woman activists staging a severe hunger strike behind bars. Pita who visited Tantawan Tuatulanond and Orawan Pupong at the Central Women Correctional Institution’s
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