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Former PM Thaksin returns to Thailand ahead of court ruling that could lead to imprisonment

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has arrived in Bangkok after a surprise departure to Dubai

The Independent UK

Thai Cannabis-championing Tycoon Takes Office As PM

Thai tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul took office as prime minister on Sunday, with the cannabis-championing conservative ousting the nation's dominant political dynasty and setting course for elections early next year.

International Business Times

Thailand’s PM-elect names veterans to cabinet in bid to ‘bring confidence’

Economist Ekniti Nitithanprapas, executive Auttapol Rerkpiboon and diplomat Sihasak Phuangketkeow selected as ministers.

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Tycoon who led push to decriminalise cannabis becomes Thai PM

Anutin Charnvirakul voted in by parliament after promising election in four months, as Thaksin Shinawatra jets out

The Guardian - UK

Who is Thailand’s new prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul?

New prime minister Anutin’s Bhumjaithai party is known as ‘the quintessential power broker’

The Independent UK

Thailand has another new prime minister and an opening for progress. But will anything change?

Thai politics is often chaotic. But this past week has been especially tumultuous, even by Thailand’s standards.

The Conversation

Thailand’s ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra suddenly leaves country ahead of court ruling

Police say the 76-year-old billionaire boarded a private jet from Don Mueang airport

The Independent UK

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Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra leaves Thailand days ahead of court ruling that could see him jailed

After questions over whether the former prime minister was going back into exile, Thaksin said he would return no later than Monday to attend court

The Guardian - UK

Thaksin says immigration delay forced him to go to Dubai

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said early Friday morning via social media that an immigration delay in Bangkok forced him to head for Dubai instead of Singapore on Thursday night.

Bangkok Post

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin makes surprise departure ahead of a risky court ruling

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has made a sudden and surprising departure from the country just five days before a court ruling that could lead to him being sent to prison

The Independent UK

Sax-playing Pilot Anutin Plots Path To Thai Premiership

Saxophonist, occasional pilot and heir to a construction fortune, Anutin Charnvirakul was once banned from politics but is now the leading candidate to become Thailand's next prime minister.

International Business Times

Thailand tycoon who championed cannabis laws takes lead in race for PM

Anutin Charnvirakul gets main opposition party’s conditional backing to form interim government

The Guardian - UK

Thai court sacks prime minister over compromising phone call with Cambodian leader

The decision ends the term of the nation’s youngest prime minister and delivers the latest blow to the powerful Shinawatra political dynasty that has dominated Thai politics for more than two decades.

Euronews

Thai court dismisses prime minister over compromising phone call with Cambodian leader

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for violating ethics rules in a phone call with a Cambodian official

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The Independent UK

Thailand’s embattled prime minister has been dismissed. What happens now?

The court ruling opens the door to a flurry of deal-making

International Business Times

Paetongtarn Shinawatra: Glamorous Thai PM Felled By Cambodia Row

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, scion of Thailand's most enduring and controversial political dynasty, was touted as the youthful, glamorous future of the movement, capable of winning over a new generation of voters.

International Business Times

Thai Court To Rule On PM's Fate After Cambodia Phone Call Row

Thailand's Constitutional Court began delivering its verdict Friday on suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who could be thrown out of office over her handling of the country's border row with Cambodia.

The Guardian - UK

Thai court dismisses prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Daughter of former PM Thaksin accused of failing to protect country’s interests over leaked phone call with Cambodia’s leader

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Al Jazeera

Thai court to rule on suspended PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s dismissal

Constitutional Court to rule on whether to remove Paetongtarn from office over leaked call with Cambodia’s Hun Sen.

International Business Times

Thai Ex-PM Thaksin Acquitted Of Royal Insult Charges

Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared Friday of royal defamation charges, relieving a threat to his embattled political dynasty which has dominated Thai politics for two decades.

The Independent UK

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he has been acquitted of royal defamation

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he has been acquitted of royal defamation by a court

Al Jazeera

Court clears Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra in royal insult case

Retired politician and billionaire businessman was accused of violating Thailand’s strict laws on insults to royalty.

The Guardian - UK

Thailand former PM cleared of royal insult charge but Shinawatra dynasty’s fate still hangs in balance

Lese-majesty case against Thaksin Shinawatra is dismissed, but his daughter Paetongtarn will hear next week if she will be removed as prime minster

Al Jazeera

Verdict due for Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra in royal insult case

Looming ‘lese majeste’ court ruling holds royal reckoning for Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

International Business Times

Suspended Thai PM In Court For Case Seeking Her Ouster

Thailand's suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrived at court on Thursday to testify in a case seeking to remove her from office over her handling of the kingdom's border row with Cambodia.

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