Ex-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 […]
Read MoreAnti-Thaksin protesters desperately gather outside Police Hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN POLITICAL activists today (Feb.14) demonstrated outside Police Hospital in desperate protest of an imminent release on parole of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra. The protesters, mostly being elderly persons led by the Students’ & People’s Network for Democratic Reform and the Centre for People in Protection […]
Read MoreNo EM ankle bracelet for ‘untouchable’ Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN EM ANKLE BRACELET will definitely not be put on the “untouchable” de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra during his parole, according to a senior government official. Corrections Department director-general Sahakarn Petchanarin confirmed today (Feb.14) Thaksin may go around anywhere in the country without an EM ankle bracelet during […]
Read MoreJustice minister confirms Thaksin has been granted parole
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-CUM-CONVICT Thaksin Shinawatra has already been granted parole, confirmed Justice Minister Thawee Sodsong today (Feb.13). After spending half of his curtailed, one-year jail sentence accounting for a six-month period at Police Hospital since August, the de facto Pheu Thai boss is being released on parole among […]
Read MorePaetongtarn’s puzzling statement on Thaksin’s lese majeste questioning
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI LEADER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Feb.9) made a puzzling statement about her father/de facto party boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra, saying he has already been questioned by public prosecutors over lese majeste charges and is anticipated to literally return home. Paetongtarn told reporters that public prosecutors have already questioned […]
Read MoreFurther privileges anticipated for ‘untouchable’ Thaksin after release on parole
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to be given further privileges even after he has been released on parole later this month, according to a former lawmaker. Ex-Democrat MP Thepthai Senapong today (Feb.8) posted on his Facebook page to say the authorities might probably allegedly […]
Read MoreThaksin won’t be held in police custody upon release on parole: Lawyer
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra will legally be free of police custody upon his being released on parole later this month, said a prominent lawyer today (Feb.7). According to Narinpong Jinapuck, head of the Lawyers Association of Thailand, the “untouchable” Thaksin is legally obliged to return […]
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