Pattaya, Thailand – Russian pianist-composer Mikhail Pletnev on Friday said a pending child rape case against him was challengefrom God. “I think God has given me this challenge,” Pletnev told the German Press Agency dpa, as he left Pattaya Provincial Court, where he is required to appear every 12 days according to bail conditions. “I feel some spiritual lift from [...]

BANGKOK, 29 July 2010 (NNT) – The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions has issued an arrest warrant for self-exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for evading the false asset declaration trial. The Supreme Court was initially scheduled to proceed with Mr Thaksin’s case involving his false declarations of assets today. However, upon the absence of the [...]

A WOMAN trafficked women from Thailand to Australia to work as prostitutes, a Sydney court has been told. The 48-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded guilty to illegally bringing 11 Thai women to Sydney between August 30, 2005 and April 1, 2008 for the purpose of sexual servitude. She also pleaded guilty to immigration offences [...]

BANGKOK, July 22 – An independent reporter on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and other 12 persons for attempted murder and mayhem in the army’s security operation to retake the anti-government Red Shirt rally site at Khok Wua intersection on April 10. Bodin Watcharobol, who described himself as an independent reporter, asked Udom Prongfa, personal [...]

Russian conductor Mikhail Pletnev appeared in court Monday in Thailand where he has been charged with statutory rape of a teenage boy. Pletnev, artistic director of the Russian National Orchestra, dismissed speculation he might jump bail. He returned to Thailand over the weekend after being allowed to leave the country temporarily to attend a music festival in Macedonia. “I have [...]

BANGKOK, 15 July 2010 (NNT) — A negotiation process between the leaders of the anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) and the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leader kicked off today. Both sides have been embroiled in defamation suits and counter suits in the past two years. UDD leaders Veera Musikapong and Natthawut Saikua today traveled from Bangkok [...]

The petition by the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) asking the Constitution Court to dissolve the Democrat party not only set the ruling party on fire, but also aroused a widespread speculation that a back-up party will or has been set up for the Democrat. Abhisit Vejjajiva, the prime minister as well as the party leader, denied reports that members [...]

OAG sues for party dissolution. Democrats under fire over political donation The Office of the Attorney-General has submitted a formal recommendation to the Constitution Court calling for the dissolution of the Democrat Party over an alleged illegal 258 million baht donation. The prosecutors also recommended that the court ban from politics for five years all executives from the party who [...]

Nine years and eight months ago, Swedish Behnam “Benny” Moafi started serving a 22 year prison sentence in a Thai jail. He was convicted of extortion, blackmail, and armed robbery, but despite the court ruling he has always maintained his innocence. Even now that he is once again a free man, he is still looking for justice. Became a lawyer [...]

Bangkok – Thailand’s Constitution Court on Tuesday accepted a case against the ruling Democrat Party that could lead to its dissolution and the banning of its executives from politics. The Office of the Attorney General submitted a writ against the party, accusing it of receiving 258 million baht (808,000 dollars) in illicit campaign donations from a private company in 2004. [...]