By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, said today (June 4) she would prefer to literally bring her father home from any foreign country where he may be staying next month. Paetongtarn, one of a trio of Pheu Thai partisan contestants for prime minister, told reporters
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Thaksin reaffirms next month’s homecoming plan
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SELF-EXILED, DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has reconfirmed he is definitely coming back home next month, the date of which is yet to be disclosed. In talk with famed TV host Khachapa “Moddam” Tancharoen in Singapore recently, Thaksin has repeated his earlier vow to return home after 17
Read moreThaksin puzzled by Chuwit’s allegations
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra tweeted last night (May 28) that he is puzzled by a secret deal alleged by former MP and graft-buster Chuwit Kamolvisit claiming Pheu Thai Party is linking up with a few other camps in setting up a coalition government without Move Forward Party with this including a special package
Read moreChuwit: Secret coalition deal includes Thaksin’s return
FORMER MP and graft-buster Chuwit Kamolvisit claimed in a Facebook post that a secret deal on setting up a coalition government without Move Forward Party includes a special package on return to Thailand by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra who has been living in self-exile overseas following the 2006 coup, Matichon newspaper said today
Read moreThaksin reserved, patient over Move Forward/Pheu Thai tussles
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI PARTY BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has been unusually reserved and patient over an apparent inter-party conflict between the Move Forward and his own camp. The deposed prime minister has only tweeted to say “sounds familiar” in response to emotion-filled, belligerent remarks made by one of his supporters
Read morePrawit dismisses hearsay of quitting as Palang Pracharath leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan today (May 23) categorically dismissed hearsay that he will soon call it quits to prompt a possible exodus of 41 MPs from his otherwise-opposition party to the Pheu Thai camp. Prawit told reporters at Government House such a thought of resigning as the Palang Pracharath
Read morePalang Pracharath might be dissolved to make Pheu Thai new core of coalition govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN A POSSIBLE TWIST of power play, the Palang Pracharath might dissolve their military-installed party with all 41 Palang Pracharath MPs set to join the Pheu Thai to make it the largest party and core of a coalition government in place of the Move Forward, partisan sources said today (May
Read moreAnutin posts photo of trip to HK to deny rumours of linking up with Thaksin
BHUMJAITHAI Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul today (May 22) posted a photo on his personal Facebook page showing him with his sweetheart during a family trip to pray and relax in Hong Kong over the weekend along with a caption, “It’s like this yet news spread of coming to Hong Kong to set up a
Read moreSettha vows to quit race for PM if Pheu Thai links up with Palang Pracharath
By Thai Newsroom Reporters REAL ESTATE TYCOON Settha Taweesin has offered to give up his contest for prime minister if the Pheu Thai under whose tickets he is running joins ranks with the Palang Pracharath after Sunday’s general election. In Wednesday’s interview with Voice of America, Settha, who is running among a trio of
Read moreAt last, Thaksin says he is coming back within July
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AT LAST, DEPOSED PRIME MINISTER Thaksin Shinawatra today (May 9) tweeted to say he is returning home from self-exile overseas within upcoming July. That appeared to be the most clear-cut statement which Thaksin has made among his repeatedly proclaimed homecoming plans circulated on social media after he has spent nearly
Read moreThaksin vows again to return home upon birth of 7th grandchild
By Thai Newsroom Reporters GLOBETROTTING FORMER prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has tweeted to repeat that he is coming back home to literally babysit the seventh of his grandchildren who was born today (May 1). Thaksin, invariably viewed as de facto Pheu Thai party boss who has been living in self-exile overseas following the 2006
Read morePaetongtarn still most popular for PM: NIDA Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, has remained the most popular contestant for prime minister after the May 14 general election, according to results of a second round of the NIDA Poll released today (Apr.16). The second round of the NIDA Poll, conducted earlier this
Read moreThaksin won’t return home to put self behind bars: Ex-Red Shirt leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra will not return home and immediately put himself behind bars under court convictions after the May 14 general election, concluded former Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan today (Apr.8). Jatuporn posted on his Facebook page to accuse the deposed prime minister of telling lies
Read moreSomsak denies jail term privileges prepared for homecoming Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER Somsak Thepsuthin today (Mar.31) categorically denied he had looked to provide privileges for a self-exiled Thaksin Shinawatra who earlier offered to put himself behind bars upon his planned homecoming. Somsak, leader of Sam Mit Group of former MPs who has recently hopped over from the Palang Pracharath
Read moreChaikasem to be named Pheu Thai candidate for PM again
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHAIKASEM NITISIRI will likely be named a third Pheu Thai partisan contender running in the May 14 general election for prime minister again – the title given him in such a nationwide race four years earlier. Chaikasem, head of the Pheu Thai strategic and political directions committee, told reporters today
Read moreThaksin might be detained in hospital or nursing home instead of prison: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPOSED PRIME MINISTER Thaksin Shinawatra might probably be detained in a hospital or nursing home instead of being imprisoned in jail after he has returned home from self-exile abroad, according to a noted academic. Thanaporn Sriyakul, head of Kasetsart University’s Political Science Association, remarked that Thaksin who has earlier offered
Read moreThaksin snubs possibility of Pheu Thai-Palang Pracharath alliance
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss Thaksin Shinawatra today (Mar.27) categorically ruled out the possibility that his party might ever join Palang Pracharath in setting up a coalition government following the May 14 general election. Posting on Twitter’s ThaksinLive page today, the deposed prime minister contended that the Pheu Thai will
Read moreThaksin offers to put self behind bars upon planned homecoming
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN A SURPRISE MOVE, a globetrotting Thaksin Shinawatra has offered to put himself behind bars in his home country to end his 16 years of self-exile overseas. In an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo, Thaksin, viewed as the de facto Pheu Thai boss, said he has made up his
Read morePheu Thai unlikely to reach 310-MPs target: KPI executive
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE UNLIKELY for the Pheu Thai Party to score a landslide victory grabbing no less than 310 MP seats as reportedly targeted in an upcoming general election, said an executive official of King Prajadhipok’s Institute today (Mar.16). KPI deputy secretary-general Thawilwadi Burikul remarked the Pheu Thai, known to
Read moreRed shirt-led Udon Thani prefers Thaksin’s daughter for PM: NIDA poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST CONSTITUENTS OF UDON Thani, known as the capital of Red Shirt activists, have been found preferring former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s youngest daughter for prime minister, reported the NIDA Poll today (Mar.12). Out of a total of 1,020 respondents in Udon Thani, 48.24% say they would prefer to see
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