Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin and his wife divorce after 32 years

Filed under Romance, Thaksin Shinawatra
November 16, 2008 8:12 pm

Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s controversial former prime minister, has divorced his wife Potjaman after 32 years of marriage. Telecommunications billionaire Mr Thaksin and his wife are in effect stateless. They both ... Read more »

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Thai Prosecutors Charge Thaksin, May Seize $2 Billion

Filed under Politics, Investigations & Law, Thaksin Shinawatra
August 25, 2008 8:17 pm

Thai prosecutors charged former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with abusing his power, seeking to confiscate $2.2 billion of assets that were frozen after a 2006 coup.“The court should seize Thaksin’s ... Read more »

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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin skips bail and flees to UK

Filed under Investigations & Law, Thaksin Shinawatra
August 11, 2008 8:09 pm

Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s ousted former prime minister, has jumped bail and fled into exile in Britain rather than face trial at home on corruption charges. His decision probably marks the ... Read more »

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Thaksin Pleads Not Guilty in Thai Court

Filed under Investigations & Law, Thaksin Shinawatra
March 12, 2008 10:25 am

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra pleaded not guilty Wednesday before the Supreme Court in one of two criminal corruption cases against him.More than 200 policemen with bomb detectors and ... Read more »

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FT talks with Thaksin Shinawatra

Filed under Politics, Thaksin Shinawatra
March 4, 2008 7:45 pm

FINANCIAL TIMES: Many people are now looking at Thailand and wondering what is going to happen next. The Thai economy has really seemed to struggle over the last two years. ... Read more »

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Ousted Thai Premier Returns to Face Charges

Filed under Investigations & Law, Thaksin Shinawatra
February 28, 2008 2:48 pm

Saying “I miss my motherland,” former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand on Thursday, 17 months after being ousted in a coup, and said he was ready to face ... Read more »

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Thaksin ally elected as new Thai prime minister

Filed under Politics, Thaksin Shinawatra
January 28, 2008 5:50 pm

Thai lawmakers elected Samak Sundaravej, an ally of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra, as the nation’s new prime minister Monday, restoring civilian leadership after 16 months of military rule. The election of ... Read more »

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Thaksin wife arrested in Bangkok

Filed under Investigations & Law, Thaksin Shinawatra
January 9, 2008 12:25 pm

Khunying Pojaman Shinawatra, the wife of Thailand’s deposed prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, was arrested yesterday on corruption charges as she stepped off a plane from Hong Kong.The former leader’s trusted ... Read more »

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Pro-Thaksin party looks set to run Thailand

Filed under Politics, Thaksin Shinawatra
December 26, 2007 4:28 pm

Slowly but it seems surely, the party backing ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is shaping up to form Thailand’s next government, a stunning reversal of fortune after last year’s military ... Read more »

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Polls: Thaksin allies win in Thailand

Filed under Politics, Thaksin Shinawatra
December 23, 2007 10:01 am

The People Power Party (PPP), a vehicle for supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, won the most seats in Sunday’s Thai election, two exit polls said. However, they differed ... Read more »

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Another Warrant for Thailand Ex-Premier

Filed under Investigations & Law, Thaksin Shinawatra
September 3, 2007 5:37 am

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — A Thai court issued arrest warrants Monday for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife over their alleged violations of stock-trading laws. It is the ... Read more »

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Thaksin denies backing new Thai party

Filed under Politics, Thaksin Shinawatra
August 30, 2007 8:00 am

BANGKOK (Thomson Financial) - Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra denied that he was financing the upstart People Power Party, which has been taken over by his allies, his lawyer ... Read more »

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Warrant issued for Thaksin

Filed under Investigations & Law, Thaksin Shinawatra
August 15, 2007 10:31 am

Thailand’s Supreme Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former prime minister, and his wife Pojamarn, after the two failed to appear in court ... Read more »

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Billionaire no more

Filed under Thaksin Shinawatra, failures
July 15, 2007 4:14 am

OUSTED prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a former telecoms tycoon, has fallen from grace and is no longer counted among Thailand’s billionaires since the military froze his assets following last year’s ... Read more »

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nd’s Ex-Premier Thaksin Agrees to Buy Manchester City soccer club

Filed under Deals, Thaksin Shinawatra
June 25, 2007 2:11 am

Thailand’s billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra agreed to buy English soccer club Manchester City for about 21.6 million pounds ($43.03 million).

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Thailand Freezes Assets of Billionaire Ex-Premier

Filed under Investigations & Law, Thaksin Shinawatra
June 11, 2007 12:34 pm

Thailand’s billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family had some of their assets frozen by the junta-installed Assets Examination Committee today, pending conclusion of probes into dealings.The 11-member ... Read more »

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Billionaire politician party is dissolved in Thailand

Filed under Thaksin Shinawatra
May 31, 2007 4:23 am

  BANGKOK, May 31 (Reuters) - Exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra urged his stunned supporters on Thursday to accept the dissolution of their party and the political banishment ... Read more »

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