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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has defended the recent meeting between her father, former prime minister Thaksin, and core members of governing coalition parties, saying that it did not necessarily mean that the parties were being dominated or influenced by Thaksin.
Fugitive former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has posted on Facebook about her recent meal at a restaurant in London which serves Khao Soi, a signature dish from northern Thailand.
The Election Commission (EC) agreed today to consider a petition seeking the dissolution of the Pheu Thai party, for allowing Thaksin Shinawatra, an outsider, to control the party.
Deputy House Speaker Pichet Chuamuangphan abruptly ordered the closure of a House meeting debating a report by a House panel on ways to draft an amnesty bill for political offenders, pre-empting a vote.
Activist lawyer Sittra Biabungkerd urged the opposition Palang Pracharath party today to dismiss Samart Jenchaichitvanich, deputy party spokesman, accusing him of alleged involvement with the iCon Group.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reported to the Criminal Court today in connection with charges of lèse majesté and computer crimes related to his 2015 media interview in South Korea.
Giving the defendant the benefit of doubt, the Kalasin provincial court has acquitted People’s party MP Piyarat Chongthep of lèse majesté, charges which were laid in connection with a poster criticising an alleged monopoly on COVID-19 vaccines and its dissemination on social media.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has called accusations that he facilitated Thaksin Shinawatra’s long stay in the Police General Hospital, rather than serving his time in a prison cell, as groundless.
A lawyer has filed a motion in the Constitutional Court, asking it to order former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai party to stop all their alleged attempts to topple Thailand’s democratic system.
Former governor of the Bank of Thailand, Tarisa Watanagase, has warned government’s interference in the affairs of the central bank, by appointing one of own people as chairperson of the bank, will spell disaster for the Thai economy.
The Senate military affairs committee is investigating the death of a conscript, whom they suspect may have been fatally mistreated by a drill sergeant at the Naval Military Police Department in Sattahip district, Chon Buri.
Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul today admitted that he brokered a meeting between two political rivals, namely ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra and a core member of his party, Newin Chidchob.
