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Ex-Thai PM Jailed For A Year For Improperly Serving 2023 Prison Term In Hospital
Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the country's most powerful and polarising statesman Thaksin Shinawatra to be jailed for one year, ruling he improperly served a 2023 prison term in hospital.
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Exotic Wedding, 19 Plots, Villa, 3 Buildings: Telangana Engineer Faces Corruption Case
A wedding in Thailand for his son, on which crores were spent, a villa, three independent buildings - this lifestyle and assets may seem like they belong to a wealthy businessman, but they are allegedly of an executive engineer in Telangana.
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Thai Ex-PM Yingluck Ordered To Pay $305 Million In Damages Over Rice Scheme
Mrs. Yingluck, one of four members of the billionaire Shinawatra family to have served as prime minister, has been living overseas to avoid jail for failing to prevent corruption in the rice scheme.
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Thailand Official Collects Salary And Bonuses For 10 Years Without Working. Here's How
Despite his decade-long absence, the government official remarkably escaped termination or penalties, continuing to collect his salary and bonuses without interruption.
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Thailand's Ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra Flees To Dubai: Party Members
Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to Dubai, senior members of her party said on Saturday, a day after she failed to show up for a negligence ruling in which she faced up to 10 years in prison.
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Thailand's Junta Suspends Bangkok Governor Pending Graft Probes
Thailand's military government suspended the governor of Bangkok, the country's most senior elected official, on Thursday while the country's attorney general investigates allegations of corruption and misuse of city funds.
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Meditating Devotees Shield Scandal-Hit Abbot From Thai Police
Hundreds of meditating supporters of an influential Buddhist abbot in Thailand blocked investigators on Thursday who were aiming to arrest him on corruption charges in his temple north of Bangkok.
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Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra Wows Fans But Remains Divisive Figure
When former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived in this sleepy corner of northern Thailand and flashed her familiar smile, waiting supporters gasped and spoke of a political revival.
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Thai Junta Detains Second Man Over Facebook Infographic
Thailand's junta said today that a second man had been arrested for sharing an infographic on Facebook about a growing corruption scandal over a public park that has shaken the kingdom's military rulers.
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Thai Man Arrested Over Facebook 'Like' Of King's Doctored Photo
A Thai man has been arrested for "liking" a doctored photo of the king and sharing an infographic on Facebook about a growing corruption scandal, the military said today, as prosecutions burgeon under the country's draconian royal defamation laws.
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Thai Army Detain Students Over 'Graft' Park Protest
Dozens of Thai students were detained by soldiers today after they attempted to stage a protest at a public park at the centre of a corruption scandal that has shaken the kingdom's military junta.
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Thai Junta Detains Opposition Leaders Ahead of Anti-Graft Inspection
Thailand's army detained two leaders of an opposition group today who were planning to visit a public park dedicated to the monarchy that has been at the centre of a corruption scandal involving the military government.
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Bomb Suspect Bribed His Way Into Thailand: Police
A key suspect in last month's deadly Bangkok blast paid a $600 bribe to illegally enter Thailand, police said today, highlighting widespread corruption at the kingdom's borders.
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'Democracy Is Dead' After Impeachment: Thailand's Former PM Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday that democracy in her country was dead, after the military-appointed legislature voted to ban her from politics for five years.
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Thailand Former Premier Yingluck Shinawatra Impeached, Faces Criminal Charges
Thailand's military-appointed legislature on Friday voted to impeach former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for her role in overseeing a government rice subsidy program that lost billions of dollars.
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Ex-Thai PM Jailed For A Year For Improperly Serving 2023 Prison Term In Hospital
Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the country's most powerful and polarising statesman Thaksin Shinawatra to be jailed for one year, ruling he improperly served a 2023 prison term in hospital.
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Exotic Wedding, 19 Plots, Villa, 3 Buildings: Telangana Engineer Faces Corruption Case
A wedding in Thailand for his son, on which crores were spent, a villa, three independent buildings - this lifestyle and assets may seem like they belong to a wealthy businessman, but they are allegedly of an executive engineer in Telangana.
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Thai Ex-PM Yingluck Ordered To Pay $305 Million In Damages Over Rice Scheme
Mrs. Yingluck, one of four members of the billionaire Shinawatra family to have served as prime minister, has been living overseas to avoid jail for failing to prevent corruption in the rice scheme.
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Thailand Official Collects Salary And Bonuses For 10 Years Without Working. Here's How
Despite his decade-long absence, the government official remarkably escaped termination or penalties, continuing to collect his salary and bonuses without interruption.
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Thailand's Ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra Flees To Dubai: Party Members
Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to Dubai, senior members of her party said on Saturday, a day after she failed to show up for a negligence ruling in which she faced up to 10 years in prison.
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Thailand's Junta Suspends Bangkok Governor Pending Graft Probes
Thailand's military government suspended the governor of Bangkok, the country's most senior elected official, on Thursday while the country's attorney general investigates allegations of corruption and misuse of city funds.
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Meditating Devotees Shield Scandal-Hit Abbot From Thai Police
Hundreds of meditating supporters of an influential Buddhist abbot in Thailand blocked investigators on Thursday who were aiming to arrest him on corruption charges in his temple north of Bangkok.
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Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra Wows Fans But Remains Divisive Figure
When former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived in this sleepy corner of northern Thailand and flashed her familiar smile, waiting supporters gasped and spoke of a political revival.
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Thai Junta Detains Second Man Over Facebook Infographic
Thailand's junta said today that a second man had been arrested for sharing an infographic on Facebook about a growing corruption scandal over a public park that has shaken the kingdom's military rulers.
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Thai Man Arrested Over Facebook 'Like' Of King's Doctored Photo
A Thai man has been arrested for "liking" a doctored photo of the king and sharing an infographic on Facebook about a growing corruption scandal, the military said today, as prosecutions burgeon under the country's draconian royal defamation laws.
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Thai Army Detain Students Over 'Graft' Park Protest
Dozens of Thai students were detained by soldiers today after they attempted to stage a protest at a public park at the centre of a corruption scandal that has shaken the kingdom's military junta.
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Thai Junta Detains Opposition Leaders Ahead of Anti-Graft Inspection
Thailand's army detained two leaders of an opposition group today who were planning to visit a public park dedicated to the monarchy that has been at the centre of a corruption scandal involving the military government.
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Bomb Suspect Bribed His Way Into Thailand: Police
A key suspect in last month's deadly Bangkok blast paid a $600 bribe to illegally enter Thailand, police said today, highlighting widespread corruption at the kingdom's borders.
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'Democracy Is Dead' After Impeachment: Thailand's Former PM Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Friday that democracy in her country was dead, after the military-appointed legislature voted to ban her from politics for five years.
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Thailand Former Premier Yingluck Shinawatra Impeached, Faces Criminal Charges
Thailand's military-appointed legislature on Friday voted to impeach former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for her role in overseeing a government rice subsidy program that lost billions of dollars.
