Thaksin

UDD red-shirt protests are scheduled to take place from 11. to 13. March in Bangkok. The red-shirts are mostly poor people who are paid by ousted ex- PM Thaksin Shinawatra to support him and fight for democracy and justice witch they dont understand. Actually all they are doing is damaging tourism sector and economy in More

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RT @tulsathit: A source of our own said Thaksin might have been in Cambodia all along (for a few days now)
@thaksinlive Bangkok braces for ‘million-man march’ from pro-Thaksin group http://bit.ly/b8OgYH
Tensions as Thaksin protesters converge on Bangkok: Tens of thousands of supporters of deposed Thai premier Thaks… http://bit.ly/bo3agC
Thaksin supporters mass for Bangkok protests http://tinyurl.com/yk33jlg
RT @thai101: Haha RT @RobinThailand: Breaking News: Thaksin spotted at #redshirt rally near MBK. http://twitpic.com/182hvp – BRILLIANT!
RT @inthenews: Bangkok braces for ‘million-man march’ from pro-Thaksin group: Thousands of security forces are being deployed on t… http://cli.gs/aAhPm
RT @thai101: Haha RT @RobinThailand: Breaking News: Thaksin spotted at #redshirt rally near MBK. http://twitpic.com/182hvp
Bangkok braces for ‘million-man march’ from pro-Thaksin group: Thousands of security forces are being deployed on t… http://cli.gs/aAhPm
@terryfrd but why do those people down the street never realized that—- When ppl talk about elite Thaksin is the 1st person come to my mind.

@pimx @terryfrd Reds know what they are against, but problem comes with what they want. Just like PAD, against Thaksin is easy.
It should become clearer in the evening when Thaksin makes a phone-in to supporters in Nakhon Sawan. Surely he must address this "rumour"
Tensions as Thaksin protesters converge on Bangkok: Tens of thousands of supporters of deposed Thai premier Thaks… http://bit.ly/amhBHm
RT @suthichai: Thaksin tweeted that 6 trucks carrying "fake reds" may be trying to surround the (cont) http://tl.gd/fqmkq

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detikNews : Thaksin Galang Demo Anti Pemerintah Pada 14 Maret Melalui Twitter
Mantan PM Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra mengimbau pendukungnya untuk mengikuti demonstrasi anti pemerintah pada 14 Maret menggunakan twitter. Thaksin menggalang demonstrasi itu setelah Mahkamah Agung menyita harta kekayaannya.

Channel NewsAsia – Thailand’s Thaksin urges supporters to join anti-govt rally – channelnewsasia.com
Thailand’s Thaksin urges supporters to join anti-govt rally: BANGKOK – Thailand’s fugitive former premie… http://bit.ly/doC2Pf #CNewsAsia

Thaksin Shinawatra: Divided loyalties | The Economist
Some scent compromise; more fear a looming showdown http://econ.st/cpirCx #economist

Thailand to impose security law for Thaksin protests – Thailand Forum
Security Committee Recommends Implementing ISA For Redshirt Rally: http://bit.ly/c0kYoe

Tempointeraktif.Com – Pendukung Thaksin Mulai Menyusun Kekuatan Untuk Protes
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Thaksin stripped of almost £1bn
Thailand’s supreme court seizes almost £1bn in ruling the country’s exiled former prime minister calls ‘a joke for the world’Thailand’s supreme court today stripped the country’s exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of more than half his seized assets, worth nearly £1bn.In an eight-hour judgement, the full bench of the court found Thaksin guilty on five counts of corruption. The nine justices agreed that the former leader had deliberately hidden his wealth and had masked his ownership of shares in his family-controlled telecommunications company, Shin Corp.The court also found that Thaksin’s government pursued policies that enriched his family’s companies, including through loans to countries such as Burma.The verdict was delivered under extraordinary security, with more than 20,000 armed riot police and soldiers on the streets of Bangkok. The judges were driven to the court in bulletproof vans while schools and offices near the court complex were closed.While Thaksin supporters wept openly at the verdict at small rallies in other parts of the city, the feared violent protests did not happen overnight.The former prime minister, speaking via a videolink from Dubai, described the ruling as “very political” and “a joke for the world”, and vowed to continue his fight against the Thai government.The judges ruled that of 76bn baht (1.5bn GBP) seized from Thaksin after he was forced from power, 46bn baht was earned through “inappropriate means”. He will be returned 30bn baht.”To seize all the money would be unfair since some of it was made before Thaksin became prime minister,” the court said.Thaksin was prime minister from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup.He was convicted in 2008 over a corrupt land deal and sentenced to two years’ jail, but fled the country.He now lives in exile in Dubai, but remains hugely popular with Thailand’s rural poor.A series of huge rallies in Bangkok, which organisers claim will bring one million protesters onto the streets, is planned for mid-March.Red-shirt leaders claim they will topple Thailand’s beleaguered coalition government, led by British-born, Eton- and Oxford-educated Abhisit Vejjajiva, within a week of beginning their protests.Thailandguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds.

Thaksin stripped of almost £1bn
Court ruling that former PM abused power for personal gain could inflame Thailand’s four-year political crisisThailand’s highest court has ruled that ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra concealed his assets while in office and abused his power for personal gain, and ordered the seizure of 46bn baht (£923m) of his £1.5bn in frozen assets.The supreme court ruled today that “to seize all the money would be unfair since some of it was made before Thaksin became prime minister.”The verdict brings an end to a case that started after Thaksin was deposed by a 2006 military coup for alleged massive corruption and abuse of power.Corruption investigations began immediately after the coup, and 76bn baht in accounts in Thailand belonging to Thaksin and his family were frozen pending legal action.Today’s verdict will be celebrated by Thaksin’s foes, protested by his supporters and potentially inflame Thailand’s four-year political crisis.Security was tight around the courthouse as the nine-judge panel took seven and a half hours to read the verdict against Thaksin and his family. The proceedings were broadcast live on national television.Thaksin, who faces a two-year jail term from an earlier conviction, monitored the proceedings from exile in Dubai, where he provided a commentary via a video link and Twitter.”This is total political involvement. The government knew the result in advance,” Thaksin said shortly after the verdict. “I’ve been prepared for the result since yesterday. I knew that I would get hit, but they are kind enough to give me back 30 billion [baht].”An unknown portion of Thaksin’s wealth was earlier moved abroad.Hundreds of Thaksin supporters at the headquarters of the opposition Puea Thai party, which is allied to Thaksin, booed as the verdict was read out. Some women began crying and one man jumped up on a chair and started screaming at a television screen showing the court proceedings.The court ruled that Thaksin illegally concealed his ownership of stock in Shin Corp, the family’s telecommunications empire, and abused his authority by crafting government policies to benefit Shin Corp’s businesses.The court addressed five cases of alleged “policy corruption” and ruled that in four of the five Thaksin was guilty of abusing his authority during his 2001-2006 tenure as prime minister.One of the most prominent cases involved a US$127m low-interest government loan to Burma in 2004, which the court ruled Thaksin had endorsed with the intention of securing its purchase of satellite services from Shin Satellite, then controlled by Thaksin’s family.Thaksin’s government billed the loan as a way to help the impoverished military-run country finance telecommunications projects.The court ruled that Thaksin’s government set domestic satellite policies that benefited his businesses.It also ruled that a policy to convert part of a telecommunications concession fee into an excise tax favoured Shin Corp at the expense of the state.The government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva hopes today’s ruling will lead to a return of stability, but has ordered a security crackdown across the country, claiming the pro-Thaksin “Red Shirt” movement may be planning violence.”We hope for the best,” government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said before the court ruling.

Profile: Thaksin Shinawatra
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Thaksin Supporters Denounce Thai Court Verdict
Thai court to rule on seizing Thaksin’s fortune.

Thaksin Shinawatra stripped of almost £1bn
Thailand’s supreme court seizes almost £1bn in ruling the country’s exiled former prime minister calls ‘a joke for the world’Thailand’s supreme court today stripped the country’s exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of more than half his seized assets, worth nearly £1bn.In an eight-hour judgement, the full bench of the court found Thaksin guilty on five counts of corruption. The nine justices agreed that the former leader had deliberately hidden his wealth and had masked his ownership of shares in his family-controlled telecommunications company, Shin Corp.The court also found that Thaksin’s government pursued policies that enriched his family’s companies, including through loans to countries such as Burma.The verdict was delivered under extraordinary security, with more than 20,000 armed riot police and soldiers on the streets of Bangkok. The judges were driven to the court in bulletproof vans while schools and offices near the court complex were closed.While Thaksin supporters wept openly at the verdict at small rallies in other parts of the city, the feared violent protests did not happen overnight.The former prime minister, speaking via a videolink from Dubai, described the ruling as “very political” and “a joke for the world”, and vowed to continue his fight against the Thai government.The judges ruled that of 76bn baht (1.5bn GBP) seized from Thaksin after he was forced from power, 46bn baht was earned through “inappropriate means”. He will be returned 30bn baht.”To seize all the money would be unfair since some of it was made before Thaksin became prime minister,” the court said.Thaksin was prime minister from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup.He was convicted in 2008 over a corrupt land deal and sentenced to two years’ jail, but fled the country.He now lives in exile in Dubai, but remains hugely popular with Thailand’s rural poor.A series of huge rallies in Bangkok, which organisers claim will bring one million protesters onto the streets, is planned for mid-March.Red-shirt leaders claim they will topple Thailand’s beleaguered coalition government, led by British-born, Eton- and Oxford-educated Abhisit Vejjajiva, within a week of beginning their protests.Thailandguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds.

Thaksin Shinawatra stripped of almost £1bn for abuse of power
Court ruling that former PM abused power for personal gain could inflame Thailand’s four-year political crisisThailand’s highest court has ruled that ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra concealed his assets while in office and abused his power for personal gain, and ordered the seizure of 46bn baht (£923m) of his £1.5bn in frozen assets.The supreme court ruled today that “to seize all the money would be unfair since some of it was made before Thaksin became prime minister”.The verdict brings an end to a case that started after Thaksin was deposed by a 2006 military coup for alleged corruption and abuse of power.Corruption investigations began immediately after the coup, and 76bn baht in accounts in Thailand belonging to Thaksin and his family were frozen pending legal action.Today’s verdict will be celebrated by Thaksin’s foes, protested against by his supporters and will potentially inflame Thailand’s four-year political crisis.Security was tight around the courthouse as the nine-judge panel took seven and a half hours to read the verdict against Thaksin and his family. The proceedings were broadcast live on national television.Thaksin, who faces a two-year jail term from an earlier conviction, monitored the proceedings from exile in Dubai, where he provided a commentary via a video link and Twitter.”This is total political involvement. The government knew the result in advance,” Thaksin said shortly after the verdict. “I’ve been prepared for the result since yesterday. I knew that I would get hit, but they are kind enough to give me back 30 billion [baht].”An unknown portion of Thaksin’s wealth was earlier moved abroad.Hundreds of Thaksin supporters at the headquarters of the opposition Puea Thai party, which is allied to Thaksin, booed as the verdict was read out. Some women began crying and one man jumped up on a chair and started screaming at a television screen showing the court proceedings.The court ruled that Thaksin illegally concealed his ownership of stock in Shin Corp, the family’s telecommunications empire, and abused his authority by crafting government policies to benefit Shin Corp’s businesses.The court addressed five cases of alleged “policy corruption” and ruled that in four of the five Thaksin was guilty of abusing his authority during his 2001-2006 tenure as prime minister.One of the most prominent cases involved a $127m low-interest government loan to Burma in 2004, which the court ruled Thaksin had endorsed with the intention of securing its purchase of satellite services from Shin Satellite, then controlled by Thaksin’s family.Thaksin’s government billed the loan as a way to help the impoverished military-run country finance telecommunications projects.The court ruled that Thaksin’s government set domestic satellite policies that benefited his businesses.It also ruled that a policy to convert part of a telecommunications concession fee into an excise tax favoured Shin Corp at the expense of the state.The government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva hopes today’s ruling will lead to a return of stability, but has ordered a security crackdown across the country, claiming the pro-Thaksin “red shirt” movement may be planning violence.”We hope for the best,” government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said before the court ruling.

Thaksin ruling unlikely to heal divide
The Supreme Court seizure of $1.4bn (£910m) of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra’s family assets is unlikely to heal Thailand’s political divide..

Thai court seizes $1.4 bln of Thaksin wealth
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s top court on Friday seized $1.4 billion (919 million pound) of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra’s family assets for abuse of his power, far less than expected, in a ruling that could appease some anti-government forces..

Thailand Orders Seizure of Thaksin Fortune
Highest Court Rules that Ousted Prime Minister Concealed Billions in Assets while in Office.

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UPDATE: Thai Finance Minister: Thaksin Funds To Help Cut Debt – FOXBusiness
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Thailand's finance minister said Friday that $1.4 billion of assets seized from former Prime Minister Thaksin …

Thailand imposes tough security law for Thaksin protests – AFP
The country remains deeply divided between supporters of the populist Thaksin, who was deposed in a military coup in 2006, and those among the Bangkok-based …

This Revolt Is Brought to You By Green-7 ASTV Toothpaste – Wall Street Journal
Thais alarmed by rapid modernization under former premier and telecommunications billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra have flocked to his banner. …

Thailand court orders much of Thaksin Shinawatra’s assets seized – Los Angeles Times
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will lose $1.4 billion after the court determined that he abused his power for personal gain. …

Bangkok braces for ‘million-man march’ from pro-Thaksin group – InTheNews.co.uk
The red shirts include followers of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a bloodless coup in 2006. A fortnight ago Thailand's top …

Thai court should have seized all Thaksin wealth: minister – AFP
BANGKOK — Thailand's finance minister has said the country's Supreme Court should have seized all of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's fortune …

Damages from Thaksin concessions estimated – AsiaOne
Companies and individuals benefiting from concession amendments during ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's administration may have to pay Bt134 …

UPDATE 1-Thai central bank careful on rate hike timing – Reuters India
Supporters of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra plan a mass rally this weekend in a bid to force new elections, the latest flashpoint in the five-year …

Reds turn up in full force – Bangkok Post
The pro-Thaksin protestors renewed its final battle on Friday starting with black magic rituals including burning chili and salt and prayer for success of …

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