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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.
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.
Government slams Thaksin over online posts
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/09/2018
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has called for dialogue between old political rivals and also made a jibe at the country's backwardness that was immediately met with retaliatory remarks from the government.
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.
Government requests Britain to extradite Yingluck
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 31/07/2018
» The government has sought the extradition of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from Britain, where she is believed to have been based since fleeing Thailand last year to avoid a jail sentence, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
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.
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.
Photos emerge of Yingluck and Thaksin in Washington
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 31/05/2018
» Several Thai media outlets have run photos of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her brother and former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, taken at a major tourist spot in the US capital, Washington, D.C.
BBC: Yingluck gets 10-year visa from UK
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 29/05/2018
» Yingluck Shinawatra has been given a 10-year visa from the British government, according to BBC Thai.
Prayut 'willing' to be outsider PM
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 04/04/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has admitted for the first time he could be "outsider premier" after the general election scheduled to take place in February next year.