Thailand's influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has praised ally and Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin as a suitable leader during a "transition" while highlighting his own daughter's credentials as head of the ruling Pheu Thai party. The 74-year-old billionaire founder of the populist juggernaut Pheu Thai has seen his family's parties win all but one election since 2001, and loomed large over politics throughout his 15 years in self-imposed exile to avoid jail. Thaksin made a dramatic return from exile in August to face an eight-year jail sentence for abuse of power and conflicts of interest.
Alexander Tolstov, 37, allegedly went on a rampage at a Thailand resort where he attacked multiple tourists before he started brawling with police officers - wearing only his trunks
A deputy chief of Thailand’s national police force involved in many high-profile cases turned himself in to fellow officers on Tuesday after a court issued a warrant for his arrest on money laundering charges. Police Gen. Surachate Hakparn had recently been suspended from his duties due to his involvement in infighting among the department’s top…
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