Court lifts Yingluck’s appeal over 10-billion-baht pay for rice subsidy scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME Administrative Court today (Sep.23) waived an appeal filed in absentia by former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to spare her some 10 billion baht cash to cover collateral damage done to the rice subsidy project implemented by her previous Pheu Thai-led government a decade and a half ago. The […]
Read MoreThaksin sues Revenue Department for ‘double taxation’
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra instructed his lawyer to file a lawsuit against the Revenue Department over its move to seize additional assets with this seen as double taxation because the state had already confiscated the 46 billion baht in proceeds from the sale of Shin Corp shares in 2006, Naewna newspaper […]
Read MorePheu Thai MPs tipped to abstain from voting for PM after censure debate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL MPs of the Pheu Thai, the second largest partner in the current Bhumjaithai-led coalition government, could probably abstain from casting a yea vote in support of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to put an end to the “Blue” regime following censure debate in foreseeable future, a partisan source said today […]
Read MoreNo major parties prepared for election in near future
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NONE OF Thailand’s major parties, namely Bhumjaithai, Pheu Thai and Klatham, could barely afford to contest a general election in consequence of a possible dissolution of the House of Representatives in the foreseeable future because they would be largely caught off guard and unprepared to spend a great deal of […]
Read MoreAnutin bows to Thaksin in bidding farewell after funeral service
AFTER attending the funeral service for former deputy interior minister and five-time MP Krieng Kalptinan in Ubon Ratchathani province last evening (Aug. 14) Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul walked with former prime minister Thaksin Shainawatra to his car and bade farewell by kneeling and bowing to him, Amarin TV said. Also attending the funeral service […]
Read MorePheu Thai departure from Bhumjaithai-led govt deemed unlikely
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, the second largest coalition partner, will be very unlikely to break ranks with the Bhumjaithai, currently core of the coalition government, as far as the de facto bosses of both camps, namely Thaksin Shinawatra and Newin Chidchob respectively, are concerned, albeit in behind-the-scenes fashion, according to partisan […]
Read MoreThammanat denies meeting Thaksin in Monaco
DE FACTO Klatham boss Thammanat Prompao last evening (July 29) dismissed rumours of negotiating with de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra in Monaco pointing out he did not have to fly across continents to meet him, Naewna newspaper said. Amid speculation that the two of them could be holding talks on gathering support […]
Read MorePeople’s leader lauds former Shinawatra family PMs meeting Asean leaders while slamming Anutin
PEOPLE’S leader and party-listed MP Nattapong Ruangpanyawut said talks between three former prime ministers of the Shinawatra family, Thaksin, Yingluck and Paetongtarn, with Asean leaders is a positive development if people’s problems are solved while criticising Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for not moving fast enough to resolve the temporary ban on export of five […]
Read MoreThaksin holds talks on economy with Indonesian leader
FORMER prime minister-cum-de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, accompanied by his sister/former premier Yingluck Shinawatra and his daughter/former premier Paetongtarn Shinawatra, held talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on the economy yesterday (July 9), Naewna newspaper said. Indonesian Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya posted a photo and message on his Instagram account @sekretariat.kabinet […]
Read MoreNo hush-hush meet between Anutin and Thaksin/Paetongtarn in KL?
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul has categorically dismissed speculation that he might probably see a couple of his predecessors, namely de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra, albeit in hush-hush fashion somewhere in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur between tomorrow (July 9) and the following […]
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