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Thaksin’s wife found guilty, Sentenced to 3 years Prison on Tax Evasion Thailand’s Criminal Court sentenced Thaksin’s wife to 3 years in Jail. Thaksin’s wife, Khunying Potjaman Shinawatra found guilty today on tax evasion case. Her secretary Karnchanapa Honghern received a 2 year jail sentence for tax evasion, for not paying tax on shares worth [...]

New case against Thaksin On Wednesday the Supreme Court’s opened a new case against ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The Supreme Court Case against Thaksin involves charges that Thaksin abused power by giving a government loan to Burma to benefit Thaksin’s Shin Corp Telecom company. The first day of the trial will be September 16th, The [...]

Thailand’s Supreme Court accepts new corruption criminal case against Thaksin The Thai Supreme Court decided to open the lottery case to go ahead for September 26 trial date. The Assets Scrutiny Committee ‘ACS’ found former Thai prime minister Thaksin and his cabinet had violated the Government Lottery Office Act. The new state lottery corruption criminal [...]

President Bush coming to Thailand, August 2008 US President GW Bush will be going to Thailand to make a farewell speech to Asia before leaving office next year. US President GW Bush is coming to Thailand on August 4th next month. President Bush and his wife will make a visit to Thailand as the guests [...]

New Thailand Foreign Minister appointed today Bangkok, Thailand: Retired Thai diplomat Tej Bunnag was appointed Thailand’s foreign minister today. Tej Bunnag is thought to be best man to handle ongoing Hindu Temple land disputes with Cambodia. Tej Bunnag is a foreign affairs veteran and former ambassadors to several countries, Cambridge University UK educated, has served [...]

New Condo Development in Pattaya, Thailand IFA Hotels and Resorts Development, a developer in Thailand, Raimon Land announced a $200 million dollar condo project in Pattaya, Thailand, ‘The Lofts Southshore.’ Pattaya, Thailand, a popular destination for Gulf residents, many Middle Eastern investors are expected to invest in Pattaya, Thailand, The Lofts Southshore. The Lofts Southshore [...]

2,100 carat Diamond Stolen in Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand: “A man suddenly ran away with the diamond just as we were discussing a purchase deal,” Rinlapas said. “Then he jumped on a waiting motorcycle and sped away. I thought they were going to buy the diamonds, they seemed real.” The man contacted her on Wednesday [...]

9 Thai judges selected to determine court future on abuse-of-power corruption case against X-PM Thaksin Shinawatra Nine judges were selected yesterday to decide whether an abuse-of-power case against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra should go to trial. The abuse-of-power corruption case concerns charges that Thaksin abused his power while serving as Prime Minister in replacing [...]

Thai Exports of Honda products manufactured in Thailand up 18% Exports of Honda products manufactured in Thailand is up 18% in 2nd quarter of 2008, Honda Motor Company Thailand announced today. Thai Honda Exports for the 1st half of 2008 was 55.6 billion baht. Honda has been using Thailand as an export base since 1987. [...]