Politics News

03-05-2011
Red Shirt activist arrested on lese majeste charge[776 views]

SA KAEO, April 30 - A Red Shirt activist, Somyos Plueksakasemsuk, was detained on lese majeste charge at Aranyaprathet border crossing in Sa Kaeo, bordering Cambodia, on Saturday afternoon.
26-04-2011
Troops Ready to Fight with Cambodia if Government Orders: Thai Army Chief[1,328 views]

BANGKOK, April 25 - Thai army commander-in-chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday reaffirmed the army is ready to engage in battle with Cambodia if the government orders so, standing firm that the Indonesian observers will be allowed to observe the border only if Cambodia withdraws its troops from the conflict zone and returns to dialogue.
12-04-2011
Former Thai tennis star turns to politics[1,137 views]

BANGKOK, April 11 - Thailand's ex-tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan on Monday announced his shift of career path from sports to politics by joining Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party, saying he aims to elevate the promotion of sports to become a national agenda.
05-03-2011
“Yellow-shirts” to collect 20,000 signatures to impeach Thai PM[1,382 views]

The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), or the "yellow-shirt" movement, plans to collect 20,000 signatures in an effort to impeach the prime minister for alleged neglect of duty leading the kingdom to lose territory to Cambodia, a leader said Friday.
23-02-2011
7 detained Red Shirt leaders released from prison[967 views]

BANGKOK, Feb 23 -- The seven Red Shirt leaders detained on terrorism charges were released on Tuesday night at 7.45pm from Bangkok Remand Prison amid a group of supporters and an army of reporters who had gathered outside to celebrate the leaders' freedom.
26-12-2010
Jatuporn insists documentation of troops killing protesters genuine[1,168 views]

BANGKOK, Dec 25 -- A key leader of the anti-government movement insisted Saturday that documents which he had leaked to the public regarding troops killing anti-government protesters earlier this year were genuine and that he was ready to reveal them all during a debate in the lower house as he has parliamentary immunity.
25-12-2010
DSI: Investigation of death of Japanese cameraman has not yet concluded[1,241 views]

BANGKOK, Dec 23 - Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief on Friday dismissed accusation of a key Red Shirt leader that the department’s investigation accounts stated that a Japanese cameraman was killed by Thai troops during the May political disturbance, saying the investigation on the case has yet to conclude.
23-12-2010
Government not hunting Red Shirts: Deputy PM Suthep[883 views]

BANGKOK, Dec 23 - Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Thursday denied accusations that the leading anti-government Red Shirt members are being hunted down by the government following the suspicious death of a movement guard in the northern province of Chiang Mai.
20-12-2010
Cabinet to consider lifting emergency decree Tuesday[3,157 views]

Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan said Monday that he will ask the Cabinet Tuesday to lift the state of emergency imposed in the capital and surrounding provinces since April as the situation has improved.
19-12-2010
Red Shirts Affirm Sunday’s Rally To Be Staged Peacefully[1,885 views]

BANGKOK, Dec 18 -- Thailand's anti-government movement, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), on Saturday reaffirmed that it's rally planned for Sunday at Ratchaprasong intersection will be conducted peacefully, according to Metropolitan Police Division 1 chief Pol Maj-Gen Wichai Sangprapai.
17-12-2010
Intelligence Report On Japanese Journalist’s Death Not Leaked To Pheu Thai – DSI[906 views]

The intelligence report into the death of the Japanese reporter killed during the protests of last April was not leaked to the Pheu Thai party, according to Director-General Tharit Pengdit of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).
14-12-2010
DSI denies leaked investigative report of Japanese cameraman’s death[1,607 views]

BANGKOK, Dec 13 - The chief of Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Monday reaffirmed the integrity of his agency's investigative documents relating to the case of a Japanese photo journalist killed during the confrontation between government troops and anti-government Red Shirt protesters in April, asserting that they were not leaked as earlier claimed by a key protest leader.
13-12-2010
CSCE postpones meeting; Thaksin continues to gather information on human rights violations[1,408 views]

BANGKOK, Dec 12 – Thailand’s ousted and fugitive ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has postponed his visit to the United States to testify to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), earlier scheduled in Washington this Thursday, on alleged human rights violations in Thailand after the agency postponed its session until next month, Noppadon Pattama, Thaksin’s legal advisor, said Sunday.
10-12-2010
Red Shirts confirm Friday rally to mark Constitution Day[1,554 views]

BANGKOK, Dec 9 - Thailand's anti-government movement, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Thursday reaffirmed it's planned rally for two hours on Friday to mark the country's Constitution Day and demand the release of detained protest leaders.
09-12-2010
Thaksin awaiting US visa application answer: legal advisor[3,651 views]

Thailand's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has already applied for an entry visa to the United States and is now waiting for the result, hoping to attend a briefing on the kingdom’s situation as he was invited by a US human rights panel, his legal advisor in Thailand said on Wednesday.
07-12-2010
Thaksin To Attend Human Rights Violation Hearing In US[2,117 views]

BANGKOK, Dec 6 - Thailand's ousted ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra will visit the United States next week to testify on alleged human rights violations during Bangkok's deadly April-May political demonstrations after having been invited by the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), according to his legal advisor Noppadon Pattama.
04-12-2010
Democrat Party asks Court to consider EC authority on dissolution case[1,138 views]

BANGKOK, Dec 4 -- Thailand’s ruling Democrat Party has submitted documents to the Constitution Court urging it to consider whether the political party registrar and the Election Commission (EC) are empowered to file a case regarding the Bt258 million donations to the party by a private firm, a Democrat Party lawyer said.
03-12-2010
Abhisit denies phone talk with Obama on extradition of Viktor Bout[3,584 views]

BANGKOK, Dec 2 - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday reaffirmed that US President Barack Obama did not call him to discuss the extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States but conceded that the US envoy to Thailand has expressed worry over possible interference in the case by influential groups.
02-12-2010
Thai Opposition Looks to 2011 Elections After Court Ruling[751 views]

On Monday, a senior Thai judge read the Constitutional Court's ruling to drop a case against the governing Democrat Party. The court ruled that the Attorney General's office had been too late in filing charges that the Democrats had misused campaign funds. A decision against the party would have thrown the government into disarray, but the Democrats, led by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, now still remain at the core of a multi-party coalition government that came to power two years ago.
30-11-2010
PM concerned over possible protest as court dismisses Democrat Party dissolution case[893 views]

BANGKOK, Nov 29 - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday expressed concern over possible protests after Constitution Court ruled to dismiss Democrat Party dissolution case involving the alleged misuse of Bt29 million of political campaign funds, while urging all parties to respect the country's judicial process.