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Paetongtarn prefers to bring father home from abroad

  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 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

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Somsak 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

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Thaksin 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

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Thaksin 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

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Red 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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