Yaowapa is back for Pheu Thai constituency-based contestants
By Thai Newsroom Reporters YAOWAPA WONGSAWAT, sister of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has come back to the political arena to help electoral contestants running in constituency mode under the Pheu Thai banners, albeit in behind-the-scenes fashion, a partisan source confirmed today (Feb.28). Known as head of Wang Bua Barn faction which used to […]
Read MoreThaksin’s right-hand man denies seeing boss in HK
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PHEU THAI leader Bhumtham Vejchayachai, largely viewed as former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s right-hand man, today (Feb.26) denied he is seeing his boss in Hong Kong over the weekend. Bhumtham categorically dismissed the hearsay of his visit to Hong Kong over the weekend to see the de facto Pheu […]
Read MoreThaksin in HK to monitor Pheu Thai campaign In Chiang Mai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has arrived in Hong Kong today (Feb.25) with intent to monitor an ongoing electoral campaign in northern Thailand where his daughter Paetongtarn is wooing popular support, a partisan source said. The Pheu Thai electoral campaign is being held over the weekend in Chiang […]
Read MorePaetongtarn ‘not No.1 Pheu Thai candidate for PM’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA will not be finally chosen as the No.1 among a trio of Pheu Thai contestants for prime minister though she may be virtually performing as a magnet to draw popular support for the whole party, de facto guided by her father, said an outspoken senator today (Feb.12). According […]
Read MorePheu Thai MPs visiting Thaksin, Yingluck in Singapore
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NUMBER OF PHEU THAI MPs are quietly visiting former prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra in Singapore, partisan sources said today (Feb.10). Thaksin and Yingluck have arrived for medical checkups and leisure in Singapore where they are scheduled to stay until next Thursday, they said. Those Pheu Thai […]
Read MorePrayut to give way for Prawit to rise to power: Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha would rather not stand in the way of Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan who has apparently inspired himself to rise to power after an upcoming general election, according to de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksin who made his comments during last night’s (Feb.7) Care […]
Read MoreSome Red Shirt activists, first-time voters might spurn Pheu Thai runners for MP: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NUMBER OF RED SHIRT activists and first-time voters might probably reject Pheu Thai candidates running for MP in the wake of scathing criticism launched against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, according to a noted academic. Those Red Shirt activists who may have picked Pheu Thai candidates in […]
Read MoreThaksin to be put behind bars upon return: Nipit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN Shinawatra will almost certainly be put behind bars and get under the judicial process if he returns home from self-exile overseas, confirmed former MP Nipit Intarasombat over the weekend. Thaksin, who was deposed in the 2006 coup and has been reportedly residing in Dubai, repeatedly vowed […]
Read MoreSurakiart now tipped as Pheu Thai’s top contender for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER Surakiart Sathirathai will likely be proclaimed at the last minute as the top person among a trio of Pheu Thai partisan candidates for prime minister, said a partisan source today (Feb.4). Surakiart who currently chairs the Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council Foundation, used to perform as foreign […]
Read MoreThaksin’s homecoming, arrest-free desire questioned
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN OUTSPOKEN FORMER MP has expressed online his bewilderment at de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s repeatedly-proclaimed design to return home without being almost immediately put behind bars. Ex-Democrat MP Nipit Intharasombat posted on his Facebook page to express his unsettled doubt that the former prime minister who has […]
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