former PM Thaksin

BANGKOK, Sept 9 (TNA) – Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was escorted to Bangkok Remand Prison today, September 9, after the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions ordered his one-year imprisonment. The action follows the court’s enforcement of a sentence against Thaksin, who was convicted on abuse of power charges. The […]

BANGKOK, Aug 22 (TNA) – A Thai court has acquitted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of a royal insult charge, his lawyer said on Friday. The Criminal Court found that the prosecution’s case, which stemmed from a 2015 interview Thaksin gave to a foreign media outlet, lacked sufficient evidence to convict him of lèse-majesté, a […]