Thaksin Shinawatra

In the dusty village square, a vast backdrop above a stage festooned with red streamers displays the face of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, with the slogan: “Red Shirts for Ubon Ratchathani”.  

The war room, created at the direction of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, will become operational by June, the same sources say. The senior military sources say that Thaksin, who lives in self-exile in the United Arab Emirates, ordered that ...  

former PM Thaksin Shinawatra. This similarity in Yingluck and Thaksin's working style has become more apparent during the five-day flood-prevention and relief efforts. Yesterday, Yingluck firmly told Nakhon Sawan Governor Jittakaet Nirote that she wanted ...  

The businessman said he believed his attacker was a person who was close to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. "I want to ask whether the prime minister was involved (in the attack)," Mr Ekkayuth said. The well-known businessman, who has openly been ...  

He affirmed that the UDD draft did not touch on the chapter relating to the monarchy and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would not benefit from it. He believed the drafting of a new constitution would be completed by the end of this year or early ...  

The People’s Alliance for Democracy, known as the Yellow Shirts, has threatened to hold massive street protests in Bangkok if the new constitution gives amnesty to the premier’s ousted brother, Thaksin Shinawatra. Abhisit Vijjajiva, who leads the ...  

The rewrite represents the biggest challenge to a military establishment that overthrew former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra six years ago since his sister took power in August. Moves by Thaksin’s allies in 2008 to change the constitution ...  

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra supported the plan to set up a charter drafting assembly (CDA) to amend the 2007 Constitution, Pheu Thai MP for Udon Thani Anand Sriphan said on Wednesday. Mr Anand and 11 other Pheu Thai MPs visited Thaksin in ...  

Chief royal adviser General Prem Tinsulanonda is living testimony for an old saying: Silence speaks louder than words. Since the eruption of political turbulence in 2005, supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra have branded Prem as the ...  

Abhisit: Amendments must be clarified | Bangkok Post: newsBangkok Post"To prevent conflict, the government has to make it clear that it will not touch Chapter 2 of the constitution, which covers the monarchy, and that it's not just an attempt to grant amnesty to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.and more »  

The government will not push for an amnesty but will enact a national reconciliation law which will cover fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said Tuesday.  

Thailand's ruling party has proposed a controversial plan to amend the country's constitution, which was drafted after a 2006 coup that ousted Thaksin Shinawatra from power. It contains a clause that led to the dissolution of two pro-Thaksin parties.  

Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will file a libel lawsuit against Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut for accusing him of defaming the monarchy, Thaksin’s local legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Friday. Mr Chavanond recently ...  

Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut on Sunday downplayed a libel lawsuit threat against him by ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and challenged him to appear in Thai court and sue him. Mr Chavanond was speaking after Thaksin’s ...  

Protesters supporting Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s populist ex-prime minister, had set up base camp in the mall’s plaza in May 2010. During a widely covered clash with security forces, they had set the building on fire, destroying much of it.