Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was granted release on bail hours after he was formally indicted on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy.
The charges against Thailand's influential former prime minister — who recently returned to Thailand, was jailed on separate charges and then given a royal pardon — stem from an interview he gave in 2015.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was granted release on bail hours after he was formally indicted Tuesday on a charge of defaming the country's monarchy in one of several court cases that…
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted release on bail hours after he was formally indicted on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been indicted and arraigned on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have rattled Thai politics.
The de facto leader of the ruling Pheu Thai party was arraigned under Thailand’s stringent lèse-majesté law that protects the royal family from criticism.
BANGKOK (AP) — Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was formally indicted Tuesday on a charge of defaming Thailand’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have unsteadied Thai politics. Thaksin, an influential political figure despite being ousted from power 18 years ago, reported himself …
The case against Thaksin Shinawatra was a reminder that the levers of power in Thailand remain firmly in the hands of the royalist-military establishment.
