Dueling Petitions and Lese Majeste Accusations At least five million Thais signed their names in resistance to the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship’s drive to petition for a royal pardon for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, according to Deputy Interior Minister Boonjong Wongtrairat. He added that the Interior Ministry would continue to accept people’s [...]

“Merchant of Death” May be Set Free A court in Bangkok has rebuffed a U.S. call for extradition of a suspected Russian arm smuggler sometimes called the “Merchant of Death,” setting back American efforts to charge him with plotting to provide arms to Colombian rebels. Arrested in March 2008 at a luxury hotel in Bangkok, [...]