Anti-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 […]
Read MoreThaksin tipped to be released on parole on Feb.18
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE “UNTOUCHABLE” DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra will likely be released on parole on Feb.18, a police source said today (Feb.6). The deposed prime minister is now expected to be released on parole after he has spent more than five months for medical treatments of his […]
Read MoreThaksin’s release on parole only depends on prison chief
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-CUM-CONVICT at large Thaksin Shinawatra will likely be released on parole as soon as next month only if the commander of Bangkok Remand Prison deems it appropriate, according to a senior government official. In a press conference at the Ministry of Justice headquarters, the Corrections Department’s […]
Read MoreThaksin meets criteria for parole, can take up political role: Corrections Dept
THE CORRECTIONS Department said today (Jan. 17) that de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-prisoner Thaksin Shinawatra meets the criteria for parole and once released may take up a political role, Naewna newspaper said. This was stated during a press conference at the Justice Ministry attended by Mr. Somboon Muangklam, adviser to Justice Minister Thawee Sodsong, […]
Read MoreDemocrat brothers jog home after being freed from jail
ONE OF two brothers who were released on parole today (Nov. 6) after serving 16 months of a two-year sentence for election fraud and jogged 10 kilometres home from the prison in Nakhon Si Thammarat will be holding a press conference tomorrow on political direction, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Thepthai Senpong, a former Democrat […]
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