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Thaksin Explains Wealth To World Leaders
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra preparations to send letters to heads of countries internationally to clarify his asset confiscation case, Manit Chitchanklab, a past lawyer for the disbanded Thai Rak Thai party, announced yesterday.
Mr Manit has just come back from a stopover to visit the convicted former politician in [...]

Thaksin in the Hot Seat
Thai Attorney-general Chulasingh Vasantasing announced that he will without delay ask the Supreme Court to give an order seizing 46.37 billion baht of Thaksin Shinawatra’s assets, as outlined in Friday’s verdict; even though the ousted prime minister’s legal representatives say they will offer fresh facts mitigating a new trial within the [...]

Further Fighting Futile for Former PM
Thai Government organizations are taking steps to commence further legal action against toppled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his links in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s judgment on Friday.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on Friday conveyed the judgment which found Thaksin guilty of becoming [...]

Thailand’s Consumer Prices Increase
Thailand’s consumer price index (CPI) for February 2010 increased from the same month last year by 3.7 per cent and by 0.56 per cent over January to stand at 106.88, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Tuesday.
The groceries and beverage index for February 2010 was 120.39, up 5.1 per cent from over [...]

Thaksin Says His Assets Should be Returned
Thailand’s Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in his website www.thaksinlive.com at 4am on Friday that all of his money and assets were resultant from years of working hard, not from corruption as charged.
Thaksin claims that he had more than 60 billion baht in assets in 1994 and [...]

Red Shirts Set Date to Rally
The Red Shirted United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship will arrange a mass public meeting in Bangkok on March 14 to insist that the government disband the House of Representatives and call a general election, Veera Musikhapong proclaimed after a meeting of UDD senior members on Wednesday.
Mr Veera said that [...]

Japan Still Likes Thailand for Investment
A study from last year by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) demonstrated that Thailand is fourth on the list of nations most favored by Japanese investors – just behind China, India and Vietnam - Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) president Pattareeya Benjapolchai announced on Tuesday.
“Japanese investors considered Thailand [...]

Visitors to Chiang Mai and Phukett are being warned of the existence of vacation club scams where tourists agree to attend a 90 minute presentation by a “vacation club” where they are given presentation offering to save them money on future hotel and resort bookings. The sales people seek to get the tourists to immediately [...]

Japanese Investors Deny Plans for Sneak Attack on Thai Environment
Certain Japanese investors have verified that they are still ready to increase speculation in Thailand but have asked the government to come up with a clear timeframe for determining the outcome of the Map Ta Phut impasse.
Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya yesterday requested Japanese investors to come [...]