Activist group insists inmate Thaksin be denied ‘detention’ outside of prison
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A POLITICAL ACTIVIST group today (Sep.12) called on the Department of Corrections to never upgrade the convicted criminal status for de facto Pheu Thai boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra which could otherwise provide him leniency to the extent that he be literally “detained” outside of a prison sooner or later. The People’s […]
Read MoreCourt-ordered ouster of Paetongtarn as culture minister sought
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SENATE WAS today (July 2) petitioned to put forward a fresh impeachment lawsuit against the newly-named Culture Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra after she has been already ordered by the Constitutional Court to stop running the country as head of government pending a court verdict on basis of allegations that she […]
Read MoreRuam Thai Sang Chart faces party dissolution bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RUAM THAI SANG CHART, the currently second largest coalition partner of the Pheu Thai-led government, has been thrown into a pivotal legal battle with a fresh petition filed today (June 25) in pursuit of dissolution of the ultra-conservative party and a political ban to all the party’s executive board […]
Read MorePolling agency urged to suspend Sawaeng over senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION was today (March 19) appealed to indefinitely suspend the polling agency’s secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee from work, pending probe into duty-negligence charges filed against him. A group of reserve senators today petitioned Election Commission Chair Itthiporn Boonprakhong to indefinitely suspend Sawaeng from performing his official duties, pending the […]
Read MoreStop Gambling Foundation gathering 50,000 signatures to dump casinos
THE Stop Gambling Foundation together with 200 partner organisations are gathering 50,000 signatures for their petition to the Pheu Thai-led government to stop opening casinos within the planned entertainment complex projects and hold a referendum on this issue first before making any move, Naewna newspaper said. At a press conference on the topic “People […]
Read MoreSerial petitioner calls for probe of Thaksin-Anwar Ibrahim meeting
A POLITICAL activist who is often referred to as a serial petitioner today (Jan. 2) called on Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to investigate whether her father/ de facto Pheu Thai boss had violated a court order forbidding him from leaving the country in recently meeting Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on a yacht somewhere […]
Read MoreFresh bid hatched to have Thaksin returned to jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT will be formally asked to pass a retroactive ruling to return de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to prison after he had practically failed to serve a royal pardon-curtailed, one-year jail term last year. Former Democrat MP Charnchai Issarasenarak will shortly petition Supreme Court judges in […]
Read MoreFormer Democrat MPs moving against Thaksin: Lawyer
A LAWYER said in a Facebook post today (Oct. 20) that some former Democrat Party MPs are gearing up to petition the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions to determine whether the Corrections Department violated the law by moving de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to Police Hospital for medical […]
Read MoreAdministrative Court asked to delay ratification of all 200 senators-designate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT was today (July 8) petitioned to indefinitely delay an official ratification of all 200 senators-designate, pending a sought-after probe by the Election Commission into alleged bloc-vote riggings and electoral irregularities. Defeated senatorial contestant Chakrapong Khongpanya today submitted the complaint to the Administrative Court in pursuit of an […]
Read MoreThai-Khmer deal around Kood Island alleged as null and void
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT was today (June 13) petitioned to declare null and void an allegedly invalid Thai-Cambodian bilateral deal on a shared maritime resources development scheme planned over the last couple of decades. Former Palang Pracharath MP Paiboon Nititawan filed the petition for the Constitutional Court to consider declaring the […]
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