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Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be handed over to officials from the Corrections Department when he is discharged from the Police General Hospital, tentatively this Sunday, said Pol Col Sirikul Srisa-nga, spokesperson for the hospital. She said that the hospital is yet to be notified by the Corrections Department about the exact timing
Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to be released this Sunday, as he is on the latest list of 930 prisoners granted parole, according to Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong today. The minister said he has already approved the list of prisoners who qualify for parole. “The Corrections Department proposed a list of convicts
A group of opponents plans to submit a petition to Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong tomorrow at Government House, protesting against parole for convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Justice Ministry, Somboon Muangklam, said today that 1,200 inmates are eligible for parole this year, but he does not know whether Thaksin
A group of royalists clashed with pro-democracy demonstrators at the Siam Square sky train station today, forcing Pathumwan police and BTS officials to close all entrances to the connected malls. The Taluwang anti-monarchy group, led by Tantawan Tuatulanon, held a rally at the station to explain an incident in which she was accused of honking
Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and former Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat are among eight defendants given suspended jail terms by the Pathumwan District Court this morning, after they were found guilty of staging a flash mob protest close to a palace without prior permission back in 2019. The other six defendants were Nuttaa
While the fire which broke out on the second floor of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives last evening has already been extinguished, many questions remain regarding alleged widespread corruption in the ministry, pertaining to illegal pork and chicken imports, extortion in the Rice Department and aircraft procurement for the Royal Rain-making and Agricultural
Staunch royalists Sonthiya Sawasdee and a lawyer, Thirayut Suwankhesorn, separately lodged petitions with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) today, seeking investigations into the ethical conduct of 44 Move Forward MPs who signed up in support of a bill to amend Thailand’s controversial lèse majesté law. Thirayut petitioned the Constitutional Court to stop the Move Forward
The Democrats joined other opposition parties at a dinner hosted by the Move Forward party last night, in a show of solidarity, working together in and out of parliament to monitor the government’s performance. The other three opposition parties attending the dinner meeting were Thai Sang Thai, Fair and Thai Teachers for the People. Move
As anticipated, political petitioner Ruangkrai Leekitwattana lodged a petition with the Election Commission (EC) today, to seek the dissolution of the opposition Move Forward party. This follows the Constitutional Court’s decision yesterday that the party’s campaign to amend the lèse majesté law (Article 112 of the Criminal Code) constitutes an attempt to topple the constitutional
The opposition Move Forward party announced today that it never had and has no future intention whatsoever to undermine the monarchy and claimed that the Constitutional Court’s ruling today will not only impact the party, but rights, liberties and democracy in Thailand as well. Party leader Chaithawat Tulathon and former party leader Pita Limjaroenrat jointly
The Constitutional Court said today that, if a halt is not brought to the Move Forward party’s campaign activities, vis a vis the lèse majesté law, they may undermine the monarchy and lead to its eventual overthrow. The court unanimously ruled that the Move Forward party and its former leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, were attempting to
A Move Forward party MP has denied a suggestion that he was a part of a gang which tried to extort 1.5 million baht from the director-general of the Rice Department. Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut said in his Facebook post today that his name was mentioned in the Line chat between Yotwarit Chomklin, one of the three
