The People Power Party has decided to support Prapat Chongsanguan, former governor of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority, as its candidate to contest a new election for Bangkok governor.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will indict former deputy interior minister Sombat Uthaisang for failing to report his wealth properly, NACC spokesman Klanarong Chantik said yesterday.
The government will set up a working group to prepare testimony for Cabinet members, including Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, who have been indicted by the anti-graft agency for their endorsement to a communiqué supporting Cambodia's bid to list Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage site.
Although prime minister Somchai Wongsawat is a brother-in-law of convicted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, he said on his first day in office that he's nobody's proxy.
While democratically mature nations like the United Kingdom are denying entry to convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojaman, smaller countries like the Bahamas are welcoming them with open arms. Or so say reports.
The television talk show, "Truth Today", has become hugely popular since its second "mobile gathering" was held at the Rajamangala Stadium on November 1, which drew a live audience of more than 50,000 people and featured ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's controversial phone in.
What inspired London to "change the locks" when the first Shinawatra couple were on their Asian tour remains the most fascinating topic for conspiracy theorists here and overseas.
Once again, Thaksin Shinawatra has sent legal pundits and novices alike scrambling for law books in a collective frenzy. Has he ever done anything in his life that needn't be interpreted? I wonder. Let's get started on the issues of royal pardons and amnesty bills.
What ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra has been doing to rouse the crowds, like his phone-in, is nothing out of the ordinary. Desparate times call for desparate measures.