Latest News in Thailand

Thaksin Verdict on land case; Guilty, sentenced to 2 year jail term
Thailand’s Supreme Court handed down a guilty verdict today to former prime minister Thaksin, guilty in the Ratchada land case. Thaksin was sentenced to 2 years in jail.
Thaksin in Chiang Mai, 2005, looking at CD-ROM cover

The Thai Supreme Court stated that Thaksin violated Article [...]

Thailand’s Supreme Court on Tuesday issues a second arrest warrant for Thaksin
Thailand’s Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a second arrest warrant for Thaksin who fled Thailand last month just as he was to appear in a corruption case. The Supreme Court wants Thaksin for failing to appear for a court case charging him with influencing [...]

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 Supreme Court [...]

Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled unanimously in favor of the Post-Coup Junta-installed Assets Examination Committee / AEC.
The AEC was set up on Sept. 19, 2006 to investigate corruption allegations against former Prime Minister Thaksin and his cabinet members.
Constitution Court Secretary-General Paiboon said that the 9 judges voted unanimously to determine that investigations conducted by AEC did [...]

Thaksins lawyer denies bribing judges
Pichit Chuenban, lawyer of X-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, denied bribing judges by giving a box of pastries with 2,000,000 Thai Baht enclosed.
The Supreme Court installed a committee this week to investigate the alleged attempt of Pichit to bribe judges.
Pichit Chuenban said, “Our lawyer team is not involved in the attempt to [...]

Assets Examination Committee (AEC) hands over files to Attorney General in Bangkok
Assets Examination Committee (AEC) submitted many files regarding the Airport bomb-scanner case to warrant Attorney General’s decision to press charges on many government officials under previous Thaksin regime that were involved in the Airport bomb-scanner corruption scandal. It is estimated to have cost Thailand [...]

ASC wants Thaksin’s assets seized
The Assets Scrutiny Committee (ASC) went after Thaksin with yet another case against X-PM Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday, charging the X-PM with corruption and abuse-of-power and asked the Supreme Court to permanently seize all 76+ billion baht it has frozen from him and the Shinawatra family. The ASC charges need a [...]

The PAD-People’s Alliance for Democracy will call for resignation of PM Samak today and impeachment of any government officials trying to do away with the 2007 constitution endorsed last August, 2007
The PAD-People’s Alliance for Democracy and other anti-Thaksin groups say the attempt to change the Constitution is a way to end corruption allegations adn charges [...]

Thai Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Lottery Case
The Thai Supreme Court Wednesday declined to rule on the lottery case facing the previous Thai Rak Thai cabinet. In its place, it requested the Constitution Court to decree on whether the Assets Scrutiny Committee (ASC), set up to look into and act against alleged dishonesty by the [...]