Thai ruling thwarts opposition bid to disqualify minister over drugs link

  • 📰 staronline
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 21 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 12%
  • Publisher: 75%

Malaysia Headlines News

Malaysia Latest News,Malaysia Headlines

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that a prominent politician should keep his cabinet post, thwarting opposition moves to disqualify him over news reports he was jailed in Australia for drug trafficking in the 1990s.

The ruling said that Thammanat Prompao, a deputy agriculture minister and power-broker in Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's ruling coalition, did not violate the constitution because he had not been convicted by a Thai court.

Thammanat in 2019 denied wrongdoing and dismissed reports by two newspapers in Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, that he had been jailed there for four years on a drugs charge. The newspapers have stood by their stories. Thammanat has said he had been caught with flour and not heroin. He has, however, admitted to having been convicted of an unspecified minor offence in Australia.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 4. in MY

Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Thai PM unveils new vaccination plan with focus on inoculating all adultsBANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): “The original goal was to get 100 million doses of vaccine for 50 million adults in Thailand, with some manufacturers scheduled to make deliveries next year, ” he said in the post.
Source: staronline - 🏆 4. / 75 Read more »

American kills Thai wifePOLICE in the country said they have charged a US citizen from the state of Colorado with murdering his pregnant Thai wife.
Source: staronline - 🏆 4. / 75 Read more »

Thai consumers set their priorities rightBANGKOK: A study on consumer payment attitudes by Visa showed nearly half of all Thai consumers (45%) were likely to avoid using cash after the Covid-19 pandemic ends.
Source: staronline - 🏆 4. / 75 Read more »

Thai cops ramp up security to curb illegal entries | New Straits TimesNSTregion Thai cops will be coordinating closely with local authorities and security agencies to curb illegal border crossings. Thailand Migrant Illegal Covid19 Variant Virus
Source: NST_Online - 🏆 17. / 53 Read more »

Thai court grants bail to two protest leaders in jail for royal insultsBANGKOK (Reuters) - A court in Thailand on Tuesday granted bail to two leaders of anti-government protests who have spent weeks in pre-trial detention on charges of insulting the country's powerful king, their lawyer said.
Source: staronline - 🏆 4. / 75 Read more »

Thai AirAsia listing may come at a cost to AAGBPETALING JAYA: The move to get a new investor that will provide a loan for Thai AirAsia (TAA) is positive but it may come at a cost to AirAsia Group Bhd (AAGB). Thanos said ... its fate is 'inevitable' Covid with no end in sight, AirAsia shares will be hammered
Source: staronline - 🏆 4. / 75 Read more »