Categories: Estero

Former Thai PM to be indicted on charges of insulting the monarchy | BBC News | BBC News


Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted on charges of insulting the monarchy, the country’s attorney-general has said.

The controversial political leader, who returned to Thailand last year after 15 years in exile, is being charged over an interview he gave to a Korean newspaper nine years ago.

In that interview he had accused the king’s top advisory body, the privy council, of helping engineer the 2014 military coup which deposed an administration led by his sister Yingluck.

He is the most high-profile figure to face charges under Thailand’s notorious lese majeste law, which has been used extensively against political dissidents.

Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news

#Thailand #ThaksinShinawatra #BBCNews

Redazione

Comments are closed.

Recent Posts

In migliaia a Minneapolis contro Ice, appare a sorpresa Bruce Springsteen

WASHINGTON (STATI UNITI) (ITALPRESS) – La mobilitazione contro l’amministrazione Trump e l’Agenzia per l’immigrazione ICE ha raggiunto un nuovo picco…

39 minuti ago

Donald Trump nominates Federal Reserve critic Kevin Warsh to run US central bank | BBC News

US President Donald Trump has nominated conservative economist Kevin Warsh as the new chair of the US Federal Reserve. The…

10 ore ago

S&P conferma per l’Italia il rating e aumenta outlook, Giorgetti “Lavoro paga”

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “La traiettoria di maggiore credibilità verso l’Italia non conosce soste. Il lavoro paga”. Così sul sito del…

11 ore ago

Lazio batte Genoa 3-2 con un rigore di Cataldi in pieno recupero

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – La Lazio batte all’ultimo il Genoa per 3-2, nel match che apre la 23^ giornata di Serie…

11 ore ago

Cina, aumentano i viaggi interregionali di passeggeri, + 3,5%

PECHINO (CINA) (XINHUA/ITALPRESS) – La Cina ha registrato 66,86 miliardi di viaggi interregionali di passeggeri nel 2025, con un aumento…

11 ore ago