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thai prosecutors dropped royal defamation charges on Thursday against an American scholar accused of insulting the monarchy over an article published on a political website. The Thai army, a staunch defender of the monarchy, filed the complaint over a short blurb posted on a political think tank website this year.

A Thai court on Monday approved 12 days of detention for a man suspected of shooting dead a Cambodian opposition politician in an attack in Bangkok. Cambodian opposition figures have accused the country's powerful former leader Hun Sen of ordering the shooting, although a government spokesman has denied official involvement.

A Thai court found two ex-prosecutors guilty in the Red Bull heir's 2012 Ferrari crash case. The incident involved Vorayuth 'Boss' Yoovidhya and resulted in a police officer's death. Nate Naksuk and Chainarong Sangthongaram received sentences for abusing power for attempting to help Vorayuth avoid prosecution. Vorayuth fled abroad, escaping justice.

JAKARTA: An Indonesian police firing squad on Thursday executed an Indian national who had been found guilty of smuggling heroin.

Former Thai Prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who returned to Thailand after 15 years in self-exile, is set to be released from hospital on Sunday, following parole granted earlier this week. Thaksin had a reduced one-year jail term after returning, spending six months in hospital detention due to undisclosed health issues.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has challenged Thailand's decision to deport 100 Uyghur Muslims from the disturbed Chinese province of Xinjiang to their home country.

Thai court dismissed terrorism charges against 32 political activists who led an anti-government protest that shut down Bangkok's two main international airports in 2008. Thirteen activists will pay a fine. The verdict sets a precedent for future protests. The PAD disrupted hundreds of flights and stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers.

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived back at his Bangkok home from police hospital early Sunday, just six months after his dramatic return to the kingdom from 15 years of self-imposed exile. Thaksin -- wearing a neck brace and sitting next to his daughters Paetongtarn and Pintongta -- was driven away Sunday from the police hospital in central Bangkok where he has spent the last half year.

Thailand's anti-money laundering authorities said on Wednesday they have seized or frozen more than 330 million baht ($11 million) worth of assets in a sting operation against a suspected wildlife trafficking ring. The March 12 operation targeted Boonchai Bach, a Vietnamese and Thai citizen who was arrested in 2018 but later got his conviction for trafficking in rhino horns and other contraband reversed.

A sessions court today issued bailable warrants against four naval officers for failing to appear as witnesses in the 2011 Somali Pirates case.

Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was today indicted for negligence in overseeing a controversial rice subsidy programme that lost billions of dollars and resulted in the country temporarily losing its crown as the world's top rice exporter to India.

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra testified in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself against royal defamation charges in a watershed case for his faltering political dynasty. But his prosecution -- combined with the suspension of his daughter, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, this month -- represents a dramatic waning of their family's political fortune, analysts say.

Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in denounced his indictment on bribery charges as unjust and politically motivated. Prosecutors allege Moon received bribes totaling 217 million won from Lee Sang-jik, founder of Thai Eastar Jet, via a no-show job for Moon's son-in-law. Moon claims prosecutors are abusing their power and pushing a predetermined narrative.

The India-born former adviser to a collapsed Thai bank was on Friday sentenced to 10 years in prison for financial embezzlement that severely harmed the bank and hit hard the banking system of the country.

KOLKATA: Myanmarese student leader Soe Myint, who was on trial in West Bengal for "hijacking" a Thai Airways passenger plane to Kolkata, was acquitted on Wednesday.

Shane Warne's body would be transferred to Australian consular officials for return to his family, deputy national police spokesman Kissana Phathanacharoen said in a statement. "Today investigators received the autopsy result, in which the medical opinion is that the cause of death is natural," Kissana said.

In a significant development, the 120 alleged Somali pirates nabbed in four operations expressed their intention to plead guilty in the case. This intention was communicated to the visiting officials of the Somalian embassy from Delhi earlier this week, which in turn was relayed in writing to the state home department on Wednesday.