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Anutin might dissolve House before Thaksin is freed from jail

  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

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Thaksin 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

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At 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

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Thaksin 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

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OAG 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

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Activist 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

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‘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

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Thaksin 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

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Thaksin’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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