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Thai court orders ex-PM Thaksin to pay $500 mn tax bill: reports
“FOLLOW THE ORDER” On Monday, the Supreme Court overruled an appeals court decision in the tax case, “forcing Thaksin to…
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Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra seeks royal pardon, lawyer says
BANGKOK: Thailand’s influential former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has submitted a petition for a royal pardon for his one-year jail…
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Thai ex-PM Thaksin moved to prison hospital wing
Thaksin was elected prime minister in 2001 and again in 2005, and took himself into exile after his second term…
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‘Not a friendly place’: Inside the Bangkok prison where ex-PM Thaksin is jailed
“SLEEP ON THE FLOOR” The prison is divided into 11 zones, including a quarantine area where Thaksin was initially taken,…
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Commentary: Don’t prophesy the great fall of the Shinawatra dynasty just yet
And yet. One might quip that Thaksin eats political threats for breakfast. Some point to Thaksin’s 76 years of age…
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Thai court orders ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra to serve one year in jail
Thailand’s Supreme Court on Tuesday (Sep 9) ruled billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra must serve one year in jail because his detention…
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Thailand’s top court to deliver judgment on tycoon Thaksin dodging jail
The court will decide if the hospital stay should count as time served – and could order the polarising billionaire…
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Thai ex-PM Thaksin lands in Bangkok ahead of crucial court date
The judicial probe centres on Thaksin’s sentence for corruption and abuse of power after he returned to Thailand in August…
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Thailand’s influential ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra leaves country amid turmoil
BANGKOK: Thailand’s influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra flew out of the country on Thursday (Sep 4), police said, a day…
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Commentary: Thai politics is trapped in a cycle of deja vu
HUN SEN FACTOR Rubbing salt into the wound is the fact that former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has shown…
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