カテゴリー: Thaksin Shinawatra
Staunch royalist Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai party builds commanding lead on disappointing night for rivalsThe party of the Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a staunch royalist and shrewd political dealmaker, is on track to win the most se…
Case centred on claims that he had not properly served a sentence for corruption and abuse of power, which was handed down in 2023Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail, the country’s supreme court has ruled, in…
Anutin Charnvirakul’s hobbies, which include playing saxophone, flying planes and cooking, show a relaxed and casual yet shrewd politicianThe man who will become Thailand’s next prime minister after securing the backing of the majority of lawmakers in …
Anutin Charnvirakul voted in by parliament after promising election in four months, as Thaksin Shinawatra jets outAnutin Charnvirakul, a staunch royalist, has been appointed by lawmakers as Thailand’s next prime minister after days of heated negotiatio…
After questions over whether the former prime minister was going back into exile, Thaksin said he would return no later than Monday to attend courtThailand’s influential former prime miniser Thaksin Shinawatra flew out of the country on Thursday, polic…
Lese-majesty case against Thaksin Shinawatra is dismissed, but his daughter Paetongtarn will hear next week if she will be removed as prime minsterA criminal court in Thailand has dismissed a case accusing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of de…
Animosity between former friends and political patriarchs Hun Sen and Thaksin Shinawatra is exacerbating clashesThe dispute over Thailand and Cambodia’s contested border, which dates back more than a century to disagreements over colonial-era maps, has…
Paetongtarn Shinawatra made required wealth declaration to national anti-corruption commissionThailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, has declared £324m in assets including a collection of 217 designer handbags and 75 luxury watches in submi…
Paetongtarn Shinawatra is the fourth member of her family to lead Thailand, but she faces a country that has moved on from her father’s eraPaetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s youngest prime ministerPaetongtarn Shinawatra comes from one of the mos…
Daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra approved as PM after frantic negotiations triggered by ousting of Srettha ThavisinPaetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has become Thailand’s youngest prime minister…
Thaksin’s case is the first in a series of high-profile legal cases before Thailand’s courts this weekThe former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a powerful backer of the ruling government, has been formally indicted for allegedly insulting the …
Formerly exiled billionaire freed six months into eight-year sentence due to age and healthFormer Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been freed on parole and returned home, six months after he was arrested on his dramatic return to the kingdom …
Billionaire politician was jailed on corruption charges in August last year after returning from self-imposed exile Jailed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is to be freed, the kingdom’s justice minister has said, possibly as soon as the we…
Activists claim the former PM has received special treatment at a special hospital ward, which stands in stark contrast to the overcrowded prison systemWhen Thailand’s former leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned from exile in August, he became arguably t…
Thaksin, who returned to Thailand last week, ‘accepted his crime and showed remorse’, says royal gazetteKing Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand has reduced the sentence of Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years down to one, just over a week after the former …