Thailand’s political stand-off; Penalty shoot-out

Jun 28th 2007 | BANGKOKFrom The Economist print edition
The game is not over yet, despite the goals the junta has scored

AFPHas Thaksin bought the right team?
THAKSIN SHINAWATRA, Thailand’s deposed prime minister, has been
basking in the limelight this week over his takeover bid for Manchester
City, an English football club. But back home the military junta that
removed [...]

William Pesek: Democracy can wait while Asia’s economies boom

Bloomberg News
Published: June 29, 2007

In September 1997, at the height of the Asian financial crisis,
Robert Rubin visited China’s Great Wall. It was a brief respite from
the tense talks in which the former U.S. Treasury secretary was
embroiled in Beijing.
As we walked along, he paused for a moment, pulled at one of the
wall’s stones and deadpanned: [...]

The Generals’ Blunder

The Generals’ Blunder
Another junta stumbles, this time in Thailand.

Sunday, June 10, 2007; Page B06

THAILAND’S ARMY made a serious mistake
last September when it launched a coup to remove the democratically
elected government of Thaksin Shinawatra. For the following nine months
it has demonstrated — again — why rule by the military doesn’t work.
And now it has compounded [...]

Thaksin will not return to face court. – 27/06/2007

Former Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, was due to appear
before police this week on charges of tax evasion. But he has refused
to return, saying it is unsafe and that he would not get a fair trial.
The Department of Special Investigation is not giving up, however and
has extended the deadline for Mr Thaksin to appear.
SNOWDON:
Last [...]

Thai election will not reduce risk for investors

Investor
expectations in Thailand are pinned on an election that will probably
occur toward the end of this year, after the country’s new Constitution
— the 18th in 75 years — is ready.

A democratically-elected prime minister will try to make up for the
three years of economic progress and wealth creation that have been
lost to political shenanigans.
This much is [...]

Thai coup leader conciliatory toward Singapore

Bloomberg News
Published: June 26, 2007

BANGKOK: A Singapore investment in Thailand that
fueled public protests culminating in the overthrow of Thaksin
Shinawatra’s government was not an effort at spying but “just
business,” Sondhi Boonyarataklin, the architect of last year’s coup,
acknowledged.
Sondhi also backed away from claims made earlier this year that
Singapore could use the assets to spy on the military, [...]

Thai ex-premier-in-exile to stay away from home, lawyer says

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:02:01GMT

Bangkok – Deposed prime [...]

Thousands of protesters march to Thai army HQ in Bangkok

BANGKOK : Thousands of anti-coup protesters, organised by alliesof ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, marched Saturday to the Thai armyheadquarters to demand that the military leaders step down.
About 6,000 people joined the march from a plaza near the GrandPalace to the army headquarters two kilometres (one mile) away,according to police.
Two Buddhist monks in saffron-coloured robes led [...]

Thaksin vows to sue Bangkok over frozen assets -FT

SINGAPORE | Friday, Jun 22 2007 07:23:07 IST

Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to sue the militarygovernment for the return of the 1.8 billion dollar of assets frozen byanti-graft investigators, the Financial Times said today.
”It’s my money; my family money,” he told the newspaper in an interview in London.”They have no [...]

Lawyer: freezing Thaksin’s assets unlawful

2007-06-19 19:22:27
BANGKOK, June 19 (Xinhua) — The additional freezing
of 8 billion baht (235 million U.S. dollars) from bank accounts of Thailand’s
ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s family is not lawful, Thaksin’s legal
adviser Noppadon Pattama said here on Tuesday.
    Noppadon claimed that the Assets Examination
Committee (AEC) did not investigate nor prove that the funds in these seven
accounts [...]