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Thailand's Shinawatra Dynasty Faces Court Verdicts That Could Shake Politics
Thailand's billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and prolonged trouble for country's stuttering economy.
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"The Case Is Baseless": Thai Ex-PM Says Ready To Face Royal Insult Charges
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy that mark a setback to a political heavyweight whose allies are currently in government.
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Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra Indicted On Royal Insult Charges
Thailand's attorney-general will indict former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said on Wednesday, in a setback to a political heavyweight whose loyalists are currently in government.
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Thailand Activist Musician Sentenced To 4 Years For Insulting Monarchy
A Thai court on Monday sentenced activist musician Chaiamorn Kaewwiboonpan to four years in jail for insulting the monarchy and violations of the computer crimes act, local media reported.
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Thai Activists Arrested For Honking, Trying To Overtake Royal Motorcade
Thai police on Tuesday arrested two activists on sedition charges after they reportedly tried to interfere with a royal motorcade in the latest challenge to the kingdom's monarchy.
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Thai Man Jailed For Record 50 Years For Criticising Monarchy
A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy -- the longest jail term ever handed down under the kingdom's strict royal insult laws, a legal rights group said.
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Top Thailand Activist Who Called For Monarchy Reforms Jailed For 4 Years
A Thai court on Tuesday jailed one of the leading figures in the kingdom's youth-led pro-democracy protest movement for four years on royal insult charges.
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Thai Billionaire Charged With Royal Insult Over Vaccine Query
A billionaire Thai opposition figure was charged Tuesday with defaming the monarchy after he questioned the government's alleged over-reliance on coronavirus vaccines from a company linked to the royal family.
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Clubhouse Emerges as Platform for Thai Dissidents, Government Issues Warning
Thailand warned users of Clubhouse not to break the law after the audio social media app emerged almost overnight as a platform for discussion of the monarchy, the latest example of the fast-growing app drawing the ire of governments in Asia.
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Thailand Starts Boot Camp-Style Course To Instil Loyalty To King
Thousands of civil servants, police and teachers are being sent to a military camp in Thailand for intensive training in community service and loyalty to the monarchy, according to the Royal Palace and interviews with trainees and organisers.
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Thailand's Shinawatra Dynasty Faces Court Verdicts That Could Shake Politics
Thailand's billionaire Shinawatra family is bracing for a series of high-stakes court decisions starting Friday that could test its political resilience, with the prospect of an early election and prolonged trouble for country's stuttering economy.
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"The Case Is Baseless": Thai Ex-PM Says Ready To Face Royal Insult Charges
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy that mark a setback to a political heavyweight whose allies are currently in government.
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Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra Indicted On Royal Insult Charges
Thailand's attorney-general will indict former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said on Wednesday, in a setback to a political heavyweight whose loyalists are currently in government.
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Thailand Activist Musician Sentenced To 4 Years For Insulting Monarchy
A Thai court on Monday sentenced activist musician Chaiamorn Kaewwiboonpan to four years in jail for insulting the monarchy and violations of the computer crimes act, local media reported.
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Thai Activists Arrested For Honking, Trying To Overtake Royal Motorcade
Thai police on Tuesday arrested two activists on sedition charges after they reportedly tried to interfere with a royal motorcade in the latest challenge to the kingdom's monarchy.
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Thai Man Jailed For Record 50 Years For Criticising Monarchy
A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy -- the longest jail term ever handed down under the kingdom's strict royal insult laws, a legal rights group said.
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Top Thailand Activist Who Called For Monarchy Reforms Jailed For 4 Years
A Thai court on Tuesday jailed one of the leading figures in the kingdom's youth-led pro-democracy protest movement for four years on royal insult charges.
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Thai Billionaire Charged With Royal Insult Over Vaccine Query
A billionaire Thai opposition figure was charged Tuesday with defaming the monarchy after he questioned the government's alleged over-reliance on coronavirus vaccines from a company linked to the royal family.
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Clubhouse Emerges as Platform for Thai Dissidents, Government Issues Warning
Thailand warned users of Clubhouse not to break the law after the audio social media app emerged almost overnight as a platform for discussion of the monarchy, the latest example of the fast-growing app drawing the ire of governments in Asia.
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Thailand Starts Boot Camp-Style Course To Instil Loyalty To King
Thousands of civil servants, police and teachers are being sent to a military camp in Thailand for intensive training in community service and loyalty to the monarchy, according to the Royal Palace and interviews with trainees and organisers.
