Cheerful Thaksin reports to probation officer for the first time
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss/parolee Thaksin Shinawatra smiled brightly when he showed up to report to the probation officer at Bangkok Probation Office 1 in Bangkok Noi district for the first time this afternoon (May 28) with this lasting only 10 minutes and Red Shirt supporters too had flocked in to encourage him, PPTVHD36 […]
Read MoreNo condition for Thaksin to go without EM ankle bracelet: Justice Minister
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUSTICE MINISTER Rutthapol Naowarat categorically denied today (May 26) that de facto Pheu Thai boss/parolee Thaksin Shinawatra could probably be in current condition which might otherwise warrant removal of his EM ankle bracelet at any given time before he completely becomes a free man in the next four months. Rutthapol […]
Read MoreThaksin greets crowds of Red Shirts upon being released on parole
FORMER prime minister/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra stepped out of Klong Prem Central Prison at 7.50 a.m. this morning (May 11) after being granted parole and was welcomed by his family, this camp’s leaders and big crowds of Red Shirts who had travelled here from various provinces, Naewna newspaper said. At 8 […]
Read MoreRed Shirts gather in front of prison to await Thaksin’s parole release
RED Shirts flocked to the front of Klong Prem Central Prison to await de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s release on parole tomorrow (May 11) with police maintaining tight security, Amarin TV said this afternoon. Groups of Red Shirts from various provinces began arriving today and occupied the area along Ngamwongwan road in […]
Read MoreCorrections Department not halting Thaksin’s parole as petitioned
THE Department of Corrections clarified today (May 9) that the release of de facto Pheu Thai boss/inmate Thaksin Shinawatra on parole on Monday (May 11) is in keeping with parole laws after the Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand (NSPRT) had submitted a letter to Justice Minister Rutthaphon Naowarat to halt […]
Read MoreThaksin gets nod for parole, being freed on May 11
THE Ministry of Justice’s Parole Board today (April 29) approved parole for de facto Pheu Thai boss/inmate Thaksin Shinawatra who will now be released on May 11 without having to wear an EM bracelet, Naewna newspaper said. The meeting, chaired by Ms. Tharininee Saengsawat, the ministry’s deputy permanent secretary, with representatives from various agencies […]
Read MoreEx-commerce minister Boonsong released on parole after 7 years in jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER COMMERCE MINISTER-turned-convict Boonsong Teriyabhirom was released on parole today (Dec. 2) after he had served seven years in jail in relation to a graft-riddled rice subsidy scheme run by a previous Pheu Thai government. Boonsong who was today released from a prison hospital in Bangkok and heading for his […]
Read MoreThaksin unlikely to be held in custody for lese majeste charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE UNLIKELY FOR de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra to be held in custody by the authorities on lese majeste charges, said a partisan source today (Feb.18). In case that the Office of the Attorney-General may proceed with a lese majeste lawsuit in the Criminal […]
Read MorePaetongtarn shares photo of Thaksin sitting in the sun at residence
PHEU THAI leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra who was released on parole early this morning (Feb. 18), shared a photo of him sitting in the sun by the swimming pool at his Chan Song Lah residence this afternoon, Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said. In a message accompanying […]
Read MoreNo protesters show up at Police Hospital
WITH security tightened around Police Hospital this afternoon (Feb. 17) as there is now less than 12 hours left for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to be released on parole, with this effective from midnight tonight, it appears protesters have decided to stay away, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. Reporters […]
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