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Yingluck a step closer to home?
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 05/03/2024
» The latest acquittal of fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in another lawsuit has brought her one step closer to returning home, according to a political analyst.
Supreme Court acquits Yingluck in roadshow case
Post Reporters, Published on 04/03/2024
» The Supreme Court on Monday acquitted fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and five others of malfeasance and collusion in the awarding of a 240-million-baht campaign to promote her government's 2-trillion-baht infrastructure projects.
Advance voting readies for election
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/04/2023
» A total of 115,139 Thais registered for advance voting overseas for the general election from April 24-May 5, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
Rooting out bad apples
News, Published on 02/10/2021
» A general election does not happen overnight and political parties need all the time necessary to prepare for them.
Pheu Thai stands by budget vote
News, Published on 04/08/2021
» The Pheu Thai Party has insisted it has done nothing wrong by voting for a budget transfer motion which the fellow opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) has criticised as handing the government a blank cheque.
Covid-battered govt 'won't call early poll': pundits
News, Published on 13/06/2021
» Talk about an early general election was spurred last week after Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha told cabinet ministers to speed up their tasks as the government had about one year left in office. He also told them to be prepared to hand over the work to the next government.
MPs walk out of Covid oversight committee meeting
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/06/2020
» Opposition lawmakers walked out of a parliament meeting on Tuesday to protest against a lack of details in the government's plan to reallocate 88 billion baht to a central fund to fight Covid-19 and rehabilitate the economy.
House sets date for loan decree debate
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/05/2020
» The government and opposition whips on Friday agreed the scrutiny of three decrees to fund Covid-19 relief schemes and stabilise the economy will take place over five days this month.
Thaksin's son in dock over KTB loan scandal
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/09/2019
» The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases on Tuesday kicked off hearing the case of Panthongtae Shinawatra, the son of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is accused of laundering money in connection with the Krungthai Bank (KTB) loan scandal.
Cash for govt jobs alleged
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/09/2019
» The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (Act) secretary-general Mana Nimitmongkol on Sunday claimed he had learned of high-ranking position-buying in some ministries.