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Thanathorn’s mum points to politics over revocation of land title deed

THE MOTHER of Progressive Movement Chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, Mrs. Somphon Juangroongruangkit, today (Aprl. 1) clarified that she was not the first person to buy a large land plot in Ratchaburi province for which the Land Department has ordered the revocation of the title deed and blamed politics for the serious accusations against her and her

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Land dept moving against Thanathorn’s mum over encroachment

DEPUTY Interior Minister Niphon Boonyamanee said this morning (Mar. 29) investigation into allegations that Mrs. Somphon Juangroongruangkit, the mother of Progressive Movement chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, encroached on a reserved forest in Ratchaburi province will be concluded in a day or two, Matichon newspaper said. Information on these allegations gathered by the Land Development Department and

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Pheu Thai Party’s strategy of ‘trying to beat ’em and looking to bow to ’em’ just won’t work 

By Out-Crowd GIVEN THEIR REPEATED STRATEGY OF ”trying to beat ’em and looking to bow to ’em”, Pheu Thai Party will likely lose many MP seats to Move Forward Party though the former might probably win more MP seats than Palang Pracharath Party in the next election nationwide. As long as Pheu Thai Party, with

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Thanathorn’s niece slapped with lese majeste charges

    PROGRESSIVE Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit’s teenage niece today (Sept. 23) went to the Technology Crime Suppression Division police headquarters to acknowledge charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or lese majeste law, Sanook.com said. Ms Akkarasorn Opilan, or Ang-Ang, 17, daughter of Thanathorn’s older sister Mrs. Chanaphan Juangroongruangkit, was accompanied by

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Over 500 to vie for Nayok Or Bor Tor under Progressive Movement tickets

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE THAN 500 individuals will contest an election of Nayok Or Bor Tor (head of a subdistrict administrative organisation) under the banners of political activist group Progressive Movement, also known as the dissolved Future Forward Party. Chamnan Chanruang, an executive member of Progressive Movement, headed by ex-Future Forward leader Thanathorn

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Thanathorn off the hook as court revokes vaccine video clip order

THE Criminal Court today (Feb. 8) revoked a previous order suspending a video clip Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit had released on social media questioning the government’s coronavirus vaccine policy as sought by the the Digital Economy and Society Ministry, Thai Rath newspaper said. The earlier court order had instructed Thananthorn to suspend the video,

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Govt critic faces 15-years jail

THE Criminal Court has ordered leading government critic Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit to delete allegations on social media that question the business ethics of His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister. The government said Mr Thanathorn’s Progressive Movement claims that the Kingdom’s coronavirus vaccine policy unfairly favours a company owned by His Majesty the King. Now

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Senator calls for probe of fire-hit yacht co-owned by Thanathorn

A SENATOR and several netizens zeroed in on Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit after news spread that he is a co-owner of the luxury yacht that was hit by a fire on Wednesday Dec. 23 causing three-million-baht damage, Naewna newspaper reported this morning (Dec. 25). The yacht, Silvretta, was berthed at Ao Po Grand Marina

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