Coverage dated May 28, 2024

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say

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Thai prosecutors say former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges. A spokesperson for the

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  1. Fox News

    Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to be indicted for royal defamation (opens Fox News)

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    Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to be indicted for defaming the monarchy. This comes three months after he was freed on parole on other charges.

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Thai prosecutors say former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges. A spokesperson for the

  3. Digital Journal

    Ex-Thai PM Thaksin to face trial for royal insult (opens Digital Journal)

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    Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be prosecuted for insulting the monarchy, the attorney general's office said Wednesday, over comments

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin to be indicted over royal insult – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is being taken to court over an alleged insult to the Thai royal family in an interview to foreign media in 2015.

  5. Al Jazeera

    Former Thailand PM Thaksin Shinawatra to go on trial for royal insult (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The case relates to an interview the politician gave to South Korean media while in self-imposed exile in 2015.

  6. Local News 8

    Thailand indicts former leader Thaksin Shinawatra on royal insult charges (opens Local News 8)

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    By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been indicted on lese majeste charges, authorities said Wednesday, in the latest twist in a decades-long political saga in the Southeast Asian kingdom.

  7. NBC News

    Thailand to indict influential former PM Thaksin over royal insult (opens NBC News)

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    Thailand’s attorney-general will indict former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said.

  8. The Diplomat

    Former Thai PM Thaksin to be Charged With Royal Defamation (opens The Diplomat)

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    The pact between Thaksin’s camp and the royalist establishment, which allowed the former leader to return from self-exile last year, may be starting to fray.

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