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Thailand’s former leader acquitted in royal insult case, but the list of those ensnared by lese majeste laws keeps growing

Thailand’s billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was acquitted of insulting the kingdom’s powerful monarchy ...

Thailand's political path is shadowed by the ongoing dramas of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra

Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire former prime minister of Thailand, remains one of the country’s most influential and ...

Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra acquitted of insulting the monarchy

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra avoided a likely prison term Friday after his royal defamation case was ...

Former Thai Prime Minister says he has been acquitted of royal defamation

BANGKOK -- Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he was acquitted of royal defamation by a court Friday. His ...
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Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra says he has been acquitted of royal defamation

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he was acquitted of royal defamation by a court Friday in Bangkok. His lawyer also confirmed the verdict, but the Bangkok Criminal Court did ...

Thailand's suspended prime minister testifies over phone call that could get her booted from job

Thailand's suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has testified in a Bangkok court on her alleged breach of a law on ethics in her handling of a border dispute with Cambodia, a case that ...
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Thai court acquits former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra

Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been acquitted of a royal defamation charge in a case that could have ...