By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER ANUTIN Charnvirakul might probably dissolve the House of Representatives sooner than earlier expected for fear of the sustained potential of de facto Pheu Thai boss/inmate Thaksin Shinawatra to secure electoral wins over many of the northeastern and northern constituencies, among elsewhere in other regions, given his release from
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Yingluck might be accused during censure debate of taking scammers’ bribes, albeit unknowingly
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK Shinawatra could possibly be accused in absentia and retroactive fashion of taking kickbacks from suspected scammers, albeit unaware of their rogue activities, unless a censure motion against Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul or any other members of the Bhumjaithai-led cabinet in the House of Representatives was foiled
Read moreThaksin only knew Ben Smith as ‘acquaintance’: Lawyer
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra today (Nov.6) categorically denied he had dealt in “business investment” with scammer suspect Benjamin Mauerberger, alias Ben Smith, since the former only knew the latter as an “acquaintance”, according to the inmate’s lawyer Winyat Chatmontree. The lawyer who today visited Thaksin at Klong
Read moreAt last, Thaksin takes Shinawatra family off Pheu Thai leadership
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra has ultimately decided to have anyone other than those related to his Shinawatra family named a new party leader whilst leaving the burden of financing Pheu Thai electoral campaigns to former party secretary-general Suriya Juangroongruangkit, according to partisan sources. Thaksin has told his
Read morePaetongtarn resigns as Pheu Thai leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a significant twist in Thailand’s volatile political climate, former prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has today (Oct. 22) called it quits as Pheu Thai leader, leaving the neo-conservative party in limbo ahead of a general election which may be held in the next four or five
Read moreThaksin to teach English in prison instead of ‘overseeing’ sewer conduits clearance
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra might probably be assigned to teach English to fellow inmates whilst serving his one-year term in prison, Corrections Department director-general Prawut Wongsrinil confirmed today (Oct.10). Given his old age, the father of court-deposed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will practically not be given any
Read moreThaksin to literally get out of jail to supervise fellow inmates clearing sewer conduits
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra has apparently found a way to literally get out of prison, albeit only for a matter of hours at a time and not as long as a stretch of half a year as had been earlier the case. The mega billionaire/power player who
Read moreThaksin could possibly be imprisoned beyond one-year term
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra could possibly be imprisoned for longer than a year, given an additional lawsuit which might probably be filed against him pertaining to an alleged conspiracy over his thinly-veiled fakeout at Police Hospital over the last couple of years, according to a former senior
Read moreOAG urged to go ahead with lese majeste case against Thaksin in Appellate Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL was today (Sep.22) pressed to put forward the lese majeste lawsuit earlier filed against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra in the Appellate Court after it had been lifted by the Criminal Court last month. Members of the People’s Network for Reform in Thailand
Read morePotjaman urged to take helm of Pheu Thai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POTJAMAN NA POMBEJRA, former spouse of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, has been advised to take the helm of the previously ruling, currently opposition party in place of her daughter/court-deposed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in effort to keep all MPs of the neo-conservative camp from skipping over to
Read moreThaksin to meet a psychologist as daughters along with their husbands visit
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra who has been in jail since Sep. 9 to serve a one-year sentence is scheduled to meet a psychologist while his daughters accompanied by their husbands visited him this morning (Sep. 18), Amarin TV said. The billionaire former prime minister was ordered back to jail by the
Read moreRed Shirts gather in front of prison to support Thaksin
A GROUP of Red Shirt followers gathered in front of Klong Prem prison to support de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra who was ordered back to jail by the Supreme Court to serve a one-year sentence with his six-month-long fakeout at Police Hospital until his release on parole early last year not holding
Read moreActivist group insists inmate Thaksin be denied ‘detention’ outside of prison
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A POLITICAL ACTIVIST group today (Sep.12) called on the Department of Corrections to never upgrade the convicted criminal status for de facto Pheu Thai boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra which could otherwise provide him leniency to the extent that he be literally “detained” outside of a prison sooner or later. The People’s
Read more‘Thaksinism’ continues to stay in politics even with founder behind bars: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters “THAKSINISM” WILL likely keep its presence felt in Thailand’s political landscape albeit with diminished bargaining power despite its founder/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra being literally put behind bars, supposedly serving his one-year jail term, remarked a noted academic today (Sep.10). Though Thaksin was yesterday sent back to jail
Read moreSupreme Court sends Thaksin back to jail for one year
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra was today (Sep.9) ordered by court to be sent back to jail for a one-year time after he had quietly staged a six-month-long escapade at Police Hospital in spite of the law. The Supreme Court judges in charge of criminal lawsuits against persons
Read moreUrgent: Supreme Court orders Thaksin back to jail for one year
THE Supreme Court judges in charge of criminal lawsuits against persons in political positions this morning (Sep. 9) passed a verdict returning de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to jail and serve out the one-year sentence he had received on charges of perpetrating a few counts of misconduct during his previous premiership over
Read moreRed Shirts gather at Supreme Court to support Thaksin
RED-SHIRT followers gathered at the Supreme Court in Sanam Luang early this morning (Sep. 9) in support of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra as a verdict in a lawsuit against him for his alleged six-month fakeout at Police Hospital will be delivered at 10 a.m., Naewna newspaper said this evening. Both Thaksin
Read moreTight security at Supreme Court for Thaksin’s verdict tomorrow
AROUND a hundred policemen are being deployed at the Supreme Court next to Sanam Luang for handing down the verdict in a lawsuit against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and others for his alleged six-month fakeout at Police Hospital tomorrow (Sep. 9), Naewna newspaper said this evening. Court officials and police officers
Read moreThaksin has returned from Dubai today
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has today (Sep.8) returned to Bangkok from an unanticipated trip to Dubai, apparently dampening speculation that he may never have. The mega-billionaire power player, father of the court-deposed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, arrived in his private jet at Don Mueang airport this afternoon
Read moreThaksin’s jet heading for Singapore then likely returning to Thailand
LATEST data from global flight tracker Flightradar24 shows that de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s private airplane has left Dubai and is expected to land at Singapore this morning (Sep. 8) before flying onwards to Thailand, as previously announced, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 6.50 a.m. the Swedish flight tracking service said a
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