Death penalty for Banyin upheld by Supreme Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (June 27) upheld the Appeals Court’s earlier sentencing of Banyin Tangpakorn, a former Pheu Thai MP and cabinet member, to death penalty due to a cold-blooded homicide case. The Supreme Court ruled that Banyin had perpetrated the premeditated, covered-up murder of Chuwong Sae Tang, a millionaire […]
Read MoreMove Forward MP gets 2 years in jail in lese majeste case
THANYABURI Provincial Court this morning (May 27) sentenced Move Forward MP Chonthicha Jangrew to two years in jail without parole in a lese majeste case stemming from a rally in front of this court on Sept. 11, 2021, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 said. This protest was held to demand the release of political prisoners […]
Read MoreTangmo Nida mum’s ex-legal adviser held for swindling MP candidate
ARRESTED today (March 1) on charges of swindling a party-list MP candidate out 20 million baht before last May election was the former legal adviser of Mrs. Panida Siriyuttayothin, the mother of late actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, who drowned in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip in February 2022, Amarin TV […]
Read MoreMove Forward MP charged with holding forged draft paper
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LEGAL ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN by the army against Move Forward MP Jirat Thongsuwan for allegedly holding a forged official document pertaining to his army conscript drafting 13 years earlier. Reserve Officers Training Corps commander Lt.Gen. Taweepool Rimsakorn has assigned an army judge advocate to file the case with police […]
Read MoreMove Forward MP dares army to announce army-run business revenue
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP JIRAT Thongsuwan today (Jan.29) dared the army to give a press conference on how tens of billions of baht in revenue collected yearly from the army-run businesses may have gone unannounced. Jirat was responding to allegations that he had forged an official document, called Sor Dor 43, […]
Read MoreChaithawat need not be replaced as Move Forward leader: Pita
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER MOVE FORWARD leader Pita Limjaroenrat said today (Jan.25) his successor Chaithawat Tulathon need not be replaced by him anytime soon and that he himself is not looking for the opportunity to return as leader of the progressive party, either. After a six-month suspension by court from doing his MP […]
Read MorePita can return to the House right away: Senior official
AFTER the Constitutional Court passed an 8 to 1 verdict clearing former Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat of having violated election regulations over holding just 00.0035% shares in non-operating ITV channel thus allowing him continue as an MP, a senior House of Representative official said he could return right away, Amarin TV said today […]
Read MoreUrgent: Pita survives ITV case, returning to House of Representatives
THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court’s panel of judges passed a majority verdict allowing former Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s status as a Member of Parliament to remain intact as no grounds were found that his holding just 00.0035% shares in non-operating ITV channel violated election regulations, Naewna newspaper said. The Election Commission had filed an MP-disqualifying […]
Read MorePheu Thai MP in hot water over allegedly posting campaign speech online
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI MP PATTANA Sappaso was today (Dec.15) charged with breaking the election law by posting content of a vote-wooing campaign speech online during prohibited hours ahead of last May’s general election. The Election Commission pressed the criminal charge against the Pheu Thai MP of Sakon Nakhon who had allegedly […]
Read MoreEx-inmate writes song with snide lyrics on Thaksin as convict at large
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER MP-TURNED-FORMER INMATE Thepthai Senapong has jumped on the bandwagon of certain political activists by writing a song with sarcastic lyrics in tacit reference to de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra. The former Democrat MP of Nakhon Sri Thammarat who has served 16 months in jail until […]
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