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Three cabinet ministers in Thailand were forced to leave their posts on Wednesday after a court found them guilty of sedition for taking part in somet.
Jailed ministers for instant chop
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Jail time after court s PDRC protest ruling
published : 25 Feb 2021 at 04:00
101 Former People s Democratic Reform Committee members, led by Suthep Thaugsuban, (centre) arrive at the Criminal Court on Wednesday to hear the ruling on their street rallies to oust the Yingluck Shinawatra government. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)
A major reshuffle is on the cards after three cabinet ministers were among 26 people who were on Wednesday given varying jail sentences for their roles in street protests that ousted the Yingluck administration.
Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan, both from the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), and Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam from the Democrat Party were found guilty by the Criminal Court of charges relating to demonstrations led by the now-defunct People s Democratic Reform Committee
BANGKOK (AP) Three Cabinet ministers in Thailand were forced to leave their posts Wednesday after a court found them guilty of sedition for taking part in sometimes-violent protests in 2013-2014 against the government then in power.The Criminal Court in Bangkok found Digital Economy Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan and Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam guilty along with about two dozen other defendants in a case that was launched in 2018.Nataphol was among 10 Cabinet member who survived a no-confidence vote on Saturday over their performance in the current government.The verdicts can be appealed to a higher court but under the law the Cabinet ministers must relinquis
Jailed ministers for instant chop
101
Jail time after court s PDRC protest ruling
published : 25 Feb 2021 at 04:00
101 Former People s Democratic Reform Committee members, led by Suthep Thaugsuban, (centre) arrive at the Criminal Court on Wednesday to hear the ruling on their street rallies to oust the Yingluck Shinawatra government. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)
A major reshuffle is on the cards after three cabinet ministers were among 26 people who were on Wednesday given varying jail sentences for their roles in street protests that ousted the Yingluck administration.
Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan, both from the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), and Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam from the Democrat Party were found guilty by the Criminal Court of charges relating to demonstrations led by the now-defunct People s Democratic Reform Committee