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Thai Political Veteran Sick and Tired of the Whole Mess Thailand’s Pracharaj Party leader Sanoh Thienthong said on Sunday that he is weary of political affairs and is in preparation to leave the political stage, claiming to be sickened by the entire mess. While speaking about former Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh’s return to politics by [...]

Thaksin Twitters and Telephones Former Thai prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra has released a new twitter message, stating that, “Thailand is heading for more problems.” According to Thaksin, international politicians have spoken to him by phone and told him that politicians in Thailand’s neighboring countries whom they had met at diverse international gatherings had told them [...]

Lottery Scheme Leads to Suspended Sentences for Thaksin Associates Thailand’s Supreme Court has given two-year suspended jail terms to one former deputy minister and two high ranking officials for “violating laws and regulations” over the creation of the two-and three-digit lottery scheme. The lottery scheme was supposedly an attempt by the former Thaksin regime to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]