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The Thailand Court of Appeals ruled against former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej Thursday, upholding defamation convictions against him and an associate, Dusit Siriwan. The charges stem from a 2006 television appearance in which...

The Supreme Court of Thailand delayed a ruling Wednesday regarding corruption charges against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojamarn Shinawatra . The couple are being tried in absentia [JURIST...

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his cabinet were ousted Tuesday following a guilty verdict from the Constitutional Court of Thailand on the charge that Samak violated the constitution...

Thai ">Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej refused to resign Thursday but instead proposed a national referendum on whether he should continue in office. In a radio address following an emergency Cabinet meeting, Samak encouraged...

Thailand's Election Commission on Tuesday voted to recommend that the country's ruling People's Power Party (PPP) be disbanded for election fraud allegedly committed by one of its former top officers. The five-member...

Prosecutors in Thailand have asked the nation's Supreme Court to seize over $2 billion from the frozen accounts and holdings of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojamarn Shinawatra [BBC profile; JURIST...

The Supreme Court of Thailand ruled on Friday that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojamarn Shinawatra will be tried in absentia on corruption charges ....

Thailand Supreme Court vice president Krairiksh Kasemsant and army General Anupong Paochinda on Wednesday said there was no evidence to support accusations by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra that the country's judiciary is biased...

The Supreme Court of Thailand issued arrest warrants on Monday for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojamarn Shinawatra after the two failed to return...

A Thai court on Thursday convicted Pojamarn Shinawatra , the wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , of tax evasion for transferring $16.3 million worth of stock to her step-brother and...