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MP Vipot a fugitive after court upholds prison sentence
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 16/01/2020
» An arrest warrant was issued by the Supreme Court on Wednesday for Vipot Aponrat after it rejected the Palang Pracharath Party MP's final appeal against a four-year prison sentence for his role in the violent protest that closed down an Asean summit in Pattaya a decade ago.
Piyabutr faces two charges
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/04/2019
» Future Forward Party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul says he has been summoned to hear charges of computer crime and contempt of court involving a video clip of him reading the party's statement on the court's decision to dissolve the Thai Raksa Chart party in early March.
Suspect locks up duty warden, escapes police cell
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/11/2018
» A 23-year-old drug suspect who locked up a duty warden and escaped from a police cell in Sena district of Ayutthaya on Monday was recaptured after an extensive manhunt involving about 200 police and volunteers.
Thaksin will escape jail term
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 25/09/2018
» Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will no longer be liable to serve the two-year jail sentence handed down 10 years ago in the Ratchadaphisek land case once the statute of limitations expires on Oct 21, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam admitted on Tuesday.
UK 'lacks information' on Yingluck
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/08/2018
» Ex-foreign minister Kasit Piromya said on Wednesday that the government should provide the UK and international community with more detailed information to substantiate its request to extradite fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Prayut denies trip goal to snare fugitive PMs
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 20/06/2018
» Ahead of his visit to the UK and France on Wednesday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday denied wanting to discuss bringing fugitive former premiers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra back to face justice in Thailand.
Police chief seeks allies to collar ex-monk
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 13/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda flew to France at the weekend to coordinate with Interpol at its headquarters to pressure Germany into extraditing former monk Phra Phrom Methee to Thailand, a highly placed police source said on Tuesday.
Police chief returns from Frankfurt alone after ex-monk 'claims asylum'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda returned to Bangkok from Frankfurt on Wednesday -- without the fugitive former monk from Wat Samphanthawong he had hoped to escort back to Thai soil from Germany.
Thais, Taiwanese phone-scammers caught in Malaysia
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 06/06/2018
» Ten Thais and two Taiwanese were arrested during a joint raid by Thai and Malaysian police on a house in Penang, Malaysia, used as a base by a Taiwanese-led phone-call syndicate late on Tuesday night.
Cops chasing tails in hunt for Yingluck
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 01/06/2018
» Deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said on Thursday it would be harder to track fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra if she has obtained a UK visa, as reported by the media.