Thaksin postpones first probation meeting, still wearing EM bracelet
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra has postponed his first probation meeting from May 25 to May 28 while continuing to wear an EM bracelet without having requested to temporarily or permanently remove it, Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said this morning (May 25). The former prime minister was released from Klong Prem […]
Read MoreThaksin tipped to express points of view sooner than later
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss Thaksin Shinawatra who has been recently released on parole is anticipated to resume his role in public as a sensational, straightforward critic over political, economic and international issues sooner than later without himself waiting to be formally freed from his one-year jail sentence in the […]
Read MoreThaksin stronger, not retiring from politics: Academic
WHILE some people have said de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, who was released on parole on Monday (May 11), will now retire from politics an academic thinks otherwise seeing him to have emerged from his lair stronger and more powerful, Amarin TV said this evening (May 13). Mahanakorn University of Technology political […]
Read MoreAnutin looks to pay personal visit to Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul confirmed today (May 11) he is looking forward to paying a personal visit to de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra who has been literally put behind bars for eight months and now released on parole. Anutin declined to tell how soon he will personally visit […]
Read MoreThaksin greets crowds of Red Shirts upon being released on parole
FORMER prime minister/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra stepped out of Klong Prem Central Prison at 7.50 a.m. this morning (May 11) after being granted parole and was welcomed by his family, this camp’s leaders and big crowds of Red Shirts who had travelled here from various provinces, Naewna newspaper said. At 8 […]
Read MoreCorrections Department not halting Thaksin’s parole as petitioned
THE Department of Corrections clarified today (May 9) that the release of de facto Pheu Thai boss/inmate Thaksin Shinawatra on parole on Monday (May 11) is in keeping with parole laws after the Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand (NSPRT) had submitted a letter to Justice Minister Rutthaphon Naowarat to halt […]
Read MoreThaksin gets nod for parole, being freed on May 11
THE Ministry of Justice’s Parole Board today (April 29) approved parole for de facto Pheu Thai boss/inmate Thaksin Shinawatra who will now be released on May 11 without having to wear an EM bracelet, Naewna newspaper said. The meeting, chaired by Ms. Tharininee Saengsawat, the ministry’s deputy permanent secretary, with representatives from various agencies […]
Read MoreYodchanan tipped to be named Pheu Thai leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters YODCHANAN Wongsawat, nephew of de facto Pheu Thai boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra, would probably be named leader of the neo-conservative party sooner or later in place of the current, powerless one, Julapun Amornvivat, according to a partisan source. Yodchanan, son of Thaksin’s sister Yaowapa Wongsawat and former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, […]
Read MoreFormer chief doctor linked to Thaksin case could be promoted before retirement
A FORMER chief doctor at Police Hospital linked to de facto Pheu Thai boss/inmate Thaksin Shinawatra’s six-month fake-out at this hospital until his parole early 2024 is poised for a promotion to the rank of general before his retirement in October this year according to a memorandum signed by Police Chief Gen. Kitrat Phanphet, […]
Read MoreSomsak, Suriya tipped to stay with Pheu Thai, Thaksin to join in post-election coalition talk
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SAM MIT GROUP, a faction of former MPs headed by Somsak Thepsuthin and Suriya Juangroongruangkit, will likely continue to stay with the Pheu Thai under de facto party boss/inmate Thaksin Shinawatra and seek re-election under the tickets of the neo-conservative camp in a general election tentatively scheduled for Feb.8, a […]
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