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Thaksin again petitions prosecutors for fair treatment
Post Reporters, Published on 10/06/2024
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's lawyers have filed another petition for fair treatment in the lese majeste case for which he will be indicted next week, claiming investigators had been influenced, according to informed sources.
Thaksin ready to fight ‘baseless’ case
Published on 08/06/2024
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday that he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy.
Amnesty bid ‘could lead to early demise’
Published on 06/06/2024
» The push by the ruling Pheu Thai Party to include lese-majeste among offences that could qualify under a new political amnesty bill could lead to the government’s early demise, a deputy government spokesman warned on Thursday.
Thaksin to be indicted on lese-majeste charge
Published on 29/05/2024
» The Attorney-General has decided to indict former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for lese-majeste arising from an interview in 2015, sending shockwaves through the government in which Thaksin is widely regarded as a key behind-the-scenes figure.
Move Forward MP to hear royal insult ruling Monday
Published on 26/05/2024
» Move Forward Party MP Chonthicha Jangrew is scheduled to appear in Thanyaburi Provincial Court on Monday to hear a ruling in a lese-majeste case against her.
Referendum law tweaked for charter rewrite
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/05/2024
» The referendum law is being amended in six areas, with electronic votes now being permitted, and the first round of the referendum on rewriting the constitution is expected towards the end of the year, according to the panel studying the issue.
Yingluck optimistic about democracy
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 22/05/2024
» Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra says she sees light at the end of the tunnel now that the country has returned to a democratic path, 10 years after the coup that ousted her government.
Pheu Thai vows to rewrite charter, outlaw coups
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 21/05/2024
» The Pheu Thai Party has pledged to rewrite the military-sponsored constitution and push for an anti-coup law to ensure that military takeovers would no longer be accepted and coup makers would not be recognised as “ratthathipat” (“sovereign”).
Activists demand quick probe into jailed peer’s death
Post Reporters, Published on 16/05/2024
» Young political activists have asked the government to quickly and transparently investigate the death in custody of their colleague Netiporn “Boong” Sanesangkhom and release political detainees.
Govt wants to sell all old rice
News, Published on 14/05/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai on Monday insisted that the government wants to sell the last stocks of decade-old rice so the money gained can be returned to state coffers.