Yingluck patiently awaits homecoming in Thaksin’s style
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK Shinawatra has been patiently looking to follow suit of an unprecedented homecoming style of her brother/de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra, a partisan source confirmed today (Dec.27). After nine years in self-exile overseas following the 2014 coup staged by army chief-turned-prime minister Prayut […]
Read MorePower-abusing lawsuit against Yingluck lifted
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (Dec.26) lifted a power-abusing lawsuit filed against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra pertaining to a contentious transfer of the head of the National Security Council over a decade earlier. The Supreme Court judges in charge of lawsuits against politicians ruled in favour of the deposed prime […]
Read MoreCourt puts off handing down verdict in Yingluck case
THE Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office-Holders today (Nov. 29) postponed handing down a verdict in a case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on charges of abusing power in the transfer of a National Security Council official because one of a panel of nine judges had died and a replacement still to […]
Read MoreSrettha working on bringing Yingluck back home
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin is desperately looking for ways and means to help one of his predecessors, namely self-exiled Yingluck Shinawatra, come home sooner or later without being literally put behind bars, a noted political activist alleged today (Nov.20). Students’ & People’s Network For Thailand Reform leader Pichit Chaimongkol posted […]
Read MoreThaksin, Yingluck show up at Hun Sen’s birthday party in Phnom Penh
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPOSED PRIME MINISTERS Thaksin Shinawatra and Yingluck Shinawatra have shown up in Phnom Penh to join in the celebrations of Cambodia’s outgoing Prime Minister Hun Sen’s birthday over the weekend. According to Cambodia’s Fresh News report, Thaksin and Yingluck arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday to attend Hun Sen’s 71st birthday […]
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 MorePheu Thai pushes Prayut to act on ministers with 2 wives
PHEU Thai Party deputy leader Yutthapong Charasathien today (Jan. 8) challenged Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to take action on some ministers in his cabinet who have two wives, Matichon newspaper said. The Pheu Thai MP for Maha Sarakham said in being a politician one had to be ethical and urged Prayut to not be […]
Read MorePheu Thai MPs visit Thaksin, Yingluck in Singapore
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MANY PHEU THAI MPs are quietly travelling to Singapore to visit former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Those opposition lawmakers and others faithful to Thaksin are paying an informal visit to the ex-premier who flew from Dubai to Singapore to undergo a yearly medical checkup. Accompanying Thaksin to the island republic […]
Read MorePrayut hits back at Thaksin, defies him to return
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this morning (June 2) defied former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return after the latter said during a Clubhouse chat that if he were the head of the government he could pull the country out of its economic difficulties within six months, Sanook.com said. Gen Prayut was questioned about Thaksin’s […]
Read MoreYingluck commemorates 2010 military crackdown
FORMER prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra today (May 19) posted a message on her Facebook page commemorating the 11th anniversary of the military crackdown on the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) protests in central Bangkok that left over 85 people dead including more than 80 civilians and according to the Erawan EMS Centre two […]
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