By Thai Newsroom Reporters OFFERED PAYOFFS might probably be the only way to attempt to save the court-suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from being deposed as head of government in a court verdict on an impeachment lawsuit scheduled for the upcoming Friday, according to a former senior government official. Fears of kickbacks in cash
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Attorney-General weighing whether to send Thaksin’s lese majeste case to Appellate Court
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
Read moreThaksin acquitted of violating lese majeste law
By Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers plus Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RATCHA Criminal Court this morning (Aug. 22) dismissed charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, better known as the lese majeste law, and Computer Crimes Act of 2017 against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. The court had earlier cross-examined
Read morePaetongtarn 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 arrives at Constitutional Court to testify in impeachment case
Updated SUSPENDED prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrived at the Constitutional Court to testify in the impeachment case filed against her over her leaked cellphone conversation with Cambodian leader Hun Sen at 9.20 a.m. this morning (Aug. 21), Naewna newspaper said. She was accompanied by Dr. Prommin Lertsuridej, secretary-general to the Prime Minister, and her
Read morePaetongtarn advised to admit making mistake during chitchat with Hun Sen
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA was yesterday (Aug.20) suggested to wholeheartedly accept during today’s (Aug.21) testimony before the Constitutional Court the mistake which she evidently made during last June’s leaked cellphone conversation with Cambodian leader Hun Sen in effort to help herself survive an impeachment lawsuit filed in pursuit of her ouster as
Read morePaetongtarn’s refusal to step down means predicted survival in court: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COURT-SUSPENDED prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been quietly assured of a victory in court over an impeachment lawsuit, thus resolutely refusing to step down at any time from now until Aug.29, the date on which the Constitutional Court is scheduled to deliver a verdict on it, according to a
Read morePaetongtarn urged to step down due to Pheu Thai-led govt’s instability
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHIEF OPPOSITION WHIP Pakornwut Udompipatsakul today (Aug.19) called on the court-suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to step down now, regardless of an approaching verdict of the Constitutional Court on an impeachment lawsuit filed against her. The MP of the People’s, the largest opposition party, said the embattled prime minister, daughter
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 Paetongtarn’s survival over impeachment bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters GIVEN A LAST-DITCH lobbyism and abundant resources at his disposal, de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra is certainly anticipating his daughter/court-suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to barely survive an impeachment lawsuit which could otherwise result in an ouster of the elected head of government by court later this month,
Read morePaetongtarn might resign before verdict on August 29: Somchai
WITH THE Constitutional Court having today (Aug. 13) announced that the verdict on an impeachment case against suspended Prime Minister/Culture Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over a leaked telephone conversation with Cambodian leader Hun Sen about the border conflict is to be delivered on August 29, experts are now predicting that she will resign before then,
Read moreThaksin-donated, Chinese-made drones might put Thai army units at risk
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TEN CHINESE-MADE drones recently bought by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra for the Thai army could potentially be detected and tracked by ground-based drone locators and jeopardise positions of the drone operators. The DJI drones donated by the court-suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s father to Thailand’s Second Army Area
Read moreThaksin’s niece not a spy for Khmers: Senior govt official
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NIECE OF DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra was definitely by no means a spy for Cambodia as bluntly accused on social media, said a senior government official today (Aug.4). Russ Chalichan, assistant to Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, categorically dismissed as groundless the allegations circulated online
Read moreRally held to support troops at the border and press Paetongtarn to resign
A DEMONSTRATION got underway at the Victory Monument today (Aug. 2) to show support for troops at the Thai-Cambodian border after five days of clashes and also demand that suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resign without waiting for the Constitutional Court’s verdict, Thai Rath newspaper said. The rally, arranged by the Ruam Palang Phaendin
Read moreThaksin scrambles to keep coalition partners under control
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has orchestrated a show of solidarity among coalition partners during yesterday’s (July 22) dinner at a Bangkok hotel with intent to manifest his sustained ability to keep the Pheu Thai-led government under control, albeit in behind-the-scenes fashion, no matter whether his daughter-turned-prime minister
Read morePaetongtarn told to stay away from Pheu Thai campaign for Sisaket by-election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COURT-SUSPENDED PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suggested to never get on the Pheu Thai stump for next month’s by-election for MP of Sisaket, given the probability that her presence could otherwise prompt a defeat rather than a victory for the Pheu Thai contestant, a partisan source said today
Read moreCertain govt figure assigned by Thaksin to find renegade MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A CERTAIN, PROMINENT figure in government has been covertly assigned by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to stealthily recruit renegades from among MPs on the opposition bloc, especially those of the Bhumjaithai, to practically side with the Pheu Thai-led government at parliament, according to partisan sources. On behalf
Read moreSisaket by-election tug of war between Thaksin and Newin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEXT MONTH’S BY-ELECTION for an MP of Sisaket will likely be a relentless tug of war between a couple of major parties with an essential difference of one being in government and the other in the opposition bloc. The Pheu Thai surreptitiously directed by de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra
Read moreCyber Police zeroing in on Hun Sen over leaked phone call
THAI police will be submitting a case to the Attorney-General’s Office on Monday (July 14) to consider filing a lawsuit against Cambodian leader Hun Sen for threatening Thailand’s national security by releasing an audio clip of a phone call with suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra last month, Amarin TV said today (July 10). Mr.
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