By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NUMBER OF PHEU THAI MPs are quietly visiting former prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra in Singapore, partisan sources said today (Feb.10). Thaksin and Yingluck have arrived for medical checkups and leisure in Singapore where they are scheduled to stay until next Thursday, they said. Those Pheu Thai
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Pheu Thai pushes Prayut to act on ministers with 2 wives
PHEU Thai Party deputy leader Yutthapong Charasathien today (Jan. 8) challenged Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to take action on some ministers in his cabinet who have two wives, Matichon newspaper said. The Pheu Thai MP for Maha Sarakham said in being a politician one had to be ethical and urged Prayut to not be
Read morePheu Thai MPs visit Thaksin, Yingluck in Singapore
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MANY PHEU THAI MPs are quietly travelling to Singapore to visit former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Those opposition lawmakers and others faithful to Thaksin are paying an informal visit to the ex-premier who flew from Dubai to Singapore to undergo a yearly medical checkup. Accompanying Thaksin to the island republic
Read morePrayut hits back at Thaksin, defies him to return
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this morning (June 2) defied former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return after the latter said during a Clubhouse chat that if he were the head of the government he could pull the country out of its economic difficulties within six months, Sanook.com said. Gen Prayut was questioned about Thaksin’s
Read moreYingluck commemorates 2010 military crackdown
FORMER prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra today (May 19) posted a message on her Facebook page commemorating the 11th anniversary of the military crackdown on the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) protests in central Bangkok that left over 85 people dead including more than 80 civilians and according to the Erawan EMS Centre two
Read moreYingluck’s lawyer: More battles loom after court annulled B35bn fine order
FORMER prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s lawyer is gearing up for further legal battles after the Central Administrative Court today (April 2) overturned an order by the Finance Ministry to fine her 35.7 billion baht over her loss-ridden rice-subsidy scheme, Thai Rath newspaper said. The court said the order, issued in 2016, lacked legal standing. Yingluck’s
Read moreThree ministers, Suthep jailed for anti-Yingluck chaos
THE Criminal Court today (Feb. 24) sentenced three ministers and protest leader and former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban to imprisonment for mounting street protests that toppled former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in 2014 with the three ministers immediately losing their positions, Sanook.com and Thai Rath newspaper said this evening. Altogether 39 suspects who were
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