Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow has denied he made a parliament police officer kowtow to him after an argument with a member of his entourage.
Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow has denied he made a parliament police officer kowtow to him after an argument with a member of his entourage.
Park dwellers prosecution likely to be delayed
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published : 25 May 2021 at 18:58
3 Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow holds talks with Karen villagers and right activists in front of Government House on Feb 15 to discuss the villagers’ demand to return and live in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi. (File photo: Chanat Katanyu)
Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow on Tuesday agreed to ask the prosecution to delay legal proceedings against 28 villagers living in Kaeng Krachan National Park.
Speaking after accepting a petition from the Save Bang Kloi Coalition, Capt Thamanat said he would send a formal request to public prosecutors in charge of the case to consider delaying the proceedings.
Opposition makes fresh attempt to oust Thamanat
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published : 13 May 2021 at 06:33 Thamanat: Dogged by history
The opposition has launched a fresh attempt to oust Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow who it believes to be unqualified to hold cabinet and other political positions.
The move followed the Constitutional Court s ruling on May 5 that says Capt Thamanat, also Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP for Phayao, is qualified to hold his positions despite having served four years in an Australian prison in 1994.
In its ruling, the court said for a jail sentence to affect Capt Thamanat s positions as MP and cabinet member under the constitution, it must be handed down by a Thai court, not a foreign one.
Thamanat dirt splatters all over govt
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Atiya Achakulwisut Columnist for the Bangkok Post
published : 11 May 2021 at 04:00
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The Constitutional Court s ruling has cleared the way for Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow but cast enormous doubts over his boss Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.
The court last week deemed Capt Thamanat fit to serve as an MP and minister despite him being sentenced to four years in prison by an Australian court in a heroin smuggling case in 1993.
The Thai charter bars any person sentenced to a jail term from serving as a minister.
In Capt Thamanat s case, the charter court ruled that a jail sentence which could lead to his being disqualified as an MP and cabinet member must be handed down by a court in Thailand, not a foreign one.