The release on parole of former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, who was convicted of corruption in the rice-pledging ...

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been found guilty of criminal negligence and sentenced in absentia to five years in prison. The Supreme Court convicted her of mishandling a rice ...

Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was sentenced in absentia today to five years in prison for criminal negligence in a trial brought by the junta that overthrew her.

Six years ago Yingluck Shinawatra, a novice who had only been in politics for two months, led the Pheu Thai party, founded and funded by her older brother Thaksin, to a resounding election victory.

BANGKOK: Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom (pic) was on Monday (Dec 2) released on compassionate parole after serving seven years for his role in the Yingluck Shinawatra administration ...

BANGKOK -Exiled former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will return to the country and undergo legal sentencing in accordance with the corrections system without seeking any special ...