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Thaksin insists on returning next month despite family’s warning

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has not postponed his planned homecoming from next month despite a desperate warning against it from members of his family. Thaksin’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra, one of a trio of Pheu Thai partisan contestants for prime minister, said today (June 14) her father has […]

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Thaksin advised to put off return home till new govt set up

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters MEMBERS OF DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s family would prefer he postpone his long-awaited homecoming from next month until after a post-election government has been completely put in place, said a source personally associated with his camp. Thaksin’s former spouse Podjaman na Pombejra and their daughters, Pintongta Kunakornwong […]

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Paetongtarn prefers to bring father home from abroad

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, said today (June 4) she would prefer to literally bring her father home from any foreign country where he may be staying next month. Paetongtarn, one of a trio of Pheu Thai partisan contestants for prime minister, told reporters […]

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Thaksin reaffirms next month’s homecoming plan

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters SELF-EXILED, DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has reconfirmed he is definitely coming back home next month, the date of which is yet to be disclosed. In talk with famed TV host Khachapa “Moddam” Tancharoen in Singapore recently, Thaksin has repeated his earlier vow to return home after 17 […]

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Thaksin puzzled by Chuwit’s allegations

  Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra tweeted last night (May 28) that he is puzzled by a secret deal alleged by former MP and graft-buster Chuwit Kamolvisit claiming Pheu Thai Party is linking up with a few other camps in setting up a coalition government without Move Forward Party with this including a special package […]

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Chuwit: Secret coalition deal includes Thaksin’s return

  FORMER MP and graft-buster Chuwit Kamolvisit claimed in a Facebook post that a secret deal on setting up a coalition government without Move Forward Party includes a special package on return to Thailand by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra who has been living in self-exile overseas following the 2006 coup, Matichon newspaper said today […]

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Hidden Pheu Thai agenda behind tug of war for House Speaker post

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ADAMANT DEMAND raised by the Pheu Thai for the top post of the legislative branch is primarily designed to streamline the possible naming of a Pheu Thai candidate for prime minister, partisan sources said today (May 26). The Pheu Thai under de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra is known […]

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Thaksin reserved, patient over Move Forward/Pheu Thai tussles

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI PARTY BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has been unusually reserved and patient over an apparent inter-party conflict between the Move Forward and his own camp. The deposed prime minister has only tweeted to say “sounds familiar” in response to emotion-filled, belligerent remarks made by one of his supporters […]

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Prawit dismisses hearsay of quitting as Palang Pracharath leader

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan today (May 23) categorically dismissed hearsay that he will soon call it quits to prompt a possible exodus of 41 MPs from his otherwise-opposition party to the Pheu Thai camp. Prawit told reporters at Government House such a thought of resigning as the Palang Pracharath […]

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Palang Pracharath might be dissolved to make Pheu Thai new core of coalition govt

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN A POSSIBLE TWIST of power play, the Palang Pracharath might dissolve their military-installed party with all 41 Palang Pracharath MPs set to join the Pheu Thai to make it the largest party and core of a coalition government in place of the Move Forward, partisan sources said today (May […]

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