Impeachment of ousted Thai PM could test fragile calm
The case against Yingluck, Thailands first woman prime minister who was ousted in May, days before her government was overthrown in a coup, begins on Friday and could see her banned from politics for five years. Yingluck remains popular among the .
Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra impeached over rice.
Ousted Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra looks on as she faces impeachment proceedings by the military-stacked National Legislative Assembly (NLA) at the parliament in Bangkok on 22 January 2015 Former PM Ms Yingluck was. of the Office of the Attorney General, said after considering all the witnesses and evidence from the National Anti-Corruption Committee we agree that the case substantiates a criminal indictment charge against Yingluck. Thai��.
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Shortly after taking office in 2011, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra publicly vowed to investigate and prosecute the security forces for the 2010 violence, but her government has failed to follow through.. In August 2012, Prayuth ordered an army legal officer to file a criminal defamation complaint against Robert Amsterdam, a lawyer representing the UDD and exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, after Amsterdam gave a speech the previous March��.
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The case is currently looking like the most plausible route by which the government could be toppled. The charge against her is essentially nepotism. The group of senators who filed the case argues that Ms Yinglucks��.
Blog: Small attack on Thai newspaper has large implications
To head off rising tensions between supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and cartoonist Somchai Katanyutanan, who faces possible criminal defamation charges for critical comments he posted on his personal��.
Thailand: Thaksins Red Shirts and the Ongoing Violence.
Michael Pirsch (ATN) : March marked the beginning of the sixth month of protests against the corrupt proxy government of Thaksin Shinawatra, the fugitive former prime minister of Thailand, who currently micro manages Thai government affairs.. Time Magazine ran a story on January 16, 2014 revealing, ������members of the Red Shirts���are readying a cache of arms in case the 46 year old premier (Yingluck) is forced from office by either military or judicial intervention.
Thailand: Court Ruling Furthers Impunity
(New York) ��� A Bangkok criminal courts dismissal of charges against former Thai leaders for their role in the violent crackdown on protesters in May 2010 is a serious setback for accountability efforts in Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today. On.
Thai graft agency rules against ex-PM as red shirts head for Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailands anti-graft agency indicted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for negligence on Thursday, a ruling that came a day after a court threw her out of office and could kill off any hopes she has of staging an electoral.
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The monarchy has endorsed all successful coups, including one in May 2014 that ousted Yingluck Shinawatra, who had won a landslide victory in a general election in 2011. She has subsequently been impeached and banned from politics by the military-appointed parliament, with criminal charges brought against her.. The current prime minister, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, is the 29th since 1932 and the 12th military strongman to hold the post. Breaking this cycle��.
Three turn themselves in as probe involving Thai princesss kin widens
The king remained silent during the latest crisis which began last year when the government of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra tried to push through an amnesty that would have pardoned her brother, exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Five weeks ago, mass protests in Bangkok against the government forced the prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, to call an early election. Her Pheu Thai party, which is the third incarnation of a party founded by her brother,��.
Thailand: Two Years After Crackdown, Still No Justice.
Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 4 February 2015. The Abhisit government charged UDD leaders and hundreds of UDD protesters with serious criminal offenses, but did not file charges against any government officials or military personnel. Since the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took office in August 2011, the focus of criminal investigations has shifted entirely to cases in which soldiers were implicated, while ignoring those involving UDD��.
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This contention generated a series of prime ministers and color-coded movements of royalist-nationalist yellow shirts who supported the coup and the ancien r��gime and democratic-populist red shirts who supported the ousted former prime minister and.
Thai minister says US more confident of military-backed rule
We continue to evaluate carefully our engagement with and assistance to Thailand, reviewing all military and senior level engagements on a case-by-case basis. We continue to urge Thai. Thailand has been deeply divided since 2006, when Yinglucks.
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A court ousts Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, pushing Thailand further towards complete political breakdown AFTER one thousand days in power Yingluck.
Bangkok anti-government protesters wounded in grenade.
It is unclear if protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban ��� a former opposition politician who has vowed to rid Thailand of corruption and nepotism ��� was the intended target, or if the attack was meant to scare protesters from continuing their... The current government attempted to force through legislation that pardoned the exiled brother of Yingluck (and former Prime Minister) Thaksin Shinawatra for the four counts of corruption and one count of abuse of power that he fled.
Thai election pushed back to 2016: deputy PM
The army has said the May coup was necessary to avoid further bloodshed after months of sometimes violent protests that helped oust Thaksins sister, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The military scrapped the constitution shortly after it.
Thailand: Premier Has Two Weeks To Avoid Impeachment.
Thailands National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday gave Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra another 15 days to defend herself against charges of negligence over a rice subsidy scheme. If the charges should be confirmed,. MISNA. MISNA, or the Missionary International Service News Agency, provides daily news from, about and for the worlds Souths, not just in the geographical sense, since December 1997.. A Journal of Analysis and News.
News Analysis: Impeached former Thai leader faces possible custodial sentence
It will take the Supreme Courts judges in charge of dealing with lawsuits against politicians, a nine-to-12-month period to deliver a ruling on Yinglucks case. And, if found guilty as charged, she will likely be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in.
Seven Thai policemen charged as probe into senior officers widens
Prayuth Chan-ocha, the former army chief who led a coup in May and was appointed prime minister in August, is a self-proclaimed royalist and has vowed to root out critics of the monarchy.. past decade, lese-majeste has been used almost exclusively.
Thai government delays draft rubber law amid farmers discontent
Thai unsmoked rubber sheet was quoted at 45 baht per kg on Thursday, which farmers say is far below the production cost of 65 baht. The government has ruled out the sort of intervention schemes that led to the ousting of the previous Yingluck .
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ATLANTA - In a case that has rallied proponents of religious freedom, Atlantas ousted fire chief has filed a federal discrimination complaint against the city, arguing that his firing over a book critical of homosexuality was an attack on his faith.
Ousted Thai PM a no-show at second round of impeachment hearings
Ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets in a traditional way as she arrives at Parliament before the National Legislative Assembly meeting in Bangkok January 9, 2015.. 22 before voting on the charges against Yingluck on Jan. 23.
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That report by Bangkok Post, was clearly, ���Propaganda��� against Yingluck.. Sunsequent news from Suthep, says he an Prayuth have been working together to topple Yingluck. Prayuth deny the charges. Yingluck, is now, Thailands first prime minister, to be charged with failure to provent corruption, where the. However, in doing an analysis, we could use comparison to other people, and we could investigate, if the person in question is richer than he should be.
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[24] Since the charges filed under Section 14 of the CCA are already included in the Criminal Code, it would prevent issuing duplicate sentences and doubling the amount of time a subject is punished... [45] After being previously denied bail on numerous occasions, Gordon was finally granted a royal pardon by the Thai monarchy on July 11, 2012; a few days prior to Thailand PM Yingluck Shinawatras visit with former U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in��.
Tensions increase between Thailand and Cambodia
On Monday, Cambodias Phnom Penh daily newspaper quoted Cambodian military officials in Battambang province as saying that the soldiers had killed the two men who had evaded tax in Cambodia and were trying to cross illegally with two other men and the.
Thai PM considering lifting martial law in some areas
The protests were the latest chapter in nearly a decade of upheaval rooted in confrontation between former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yinglucks brother, and their mostly rural supporters, and the royalist establishment backed by the Bangkok.
Thailand welcomes Chinas Li as US ties cool over coup
The army seized control on May 22 after months of protests against the government of populist Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. It said the coup was necessary to restore stability after 30 people were killed in sporadic violence. Thai Prime Minister.
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a daily independent global news hour. with Amy. Headlines May 23, 2014 Full Show | First Story >. The Thai army has summoned more than 100 political figures, including ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, after taking power in a coup... Sclove has filed charges accusing Brown of violating Title IX and the Clery Act. Her complaint will likely add Brown to the list of at least 55 colleges and universities under federal investigation for their handling of sexual violence. It comes��.
Impeachment process begins for ousted Thai PM Yingluck
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailands military-appointed legislature on Friday started impeachment proceedings against ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over a loss-making rice subsidy programme, seen as a further step to try to end the.
Thailands Military-Appointed Legislature Impeaches Ousted.
The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) went through the motions of a secret ballot to impeach former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over corruption related to a rice pledging scheme intended for small farmers that she supervised. The program involved the government. Just an hour before the NLA vote on impeachment, the Office of the Attorney General decided to file criminal charges against me for negligence of duty. This is in conflict with the comments��.
Yingluck in Clear for Now; Rights Concerns Rising
nationmultimedia.com The Attorney-Generals office will decide today whether to prosecute ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra on charges of dereliction of duty for neglecting to act on corruption in the rice-pledging scheme and inflicting. dvb.no There has to date been no indication that either interviewer Wayne Hay or Al Jazeera will face charges, harking back to another defamation case in Thailand against employees of an online newspaper, Phuketwan, who are��.