Bangkok Post
Published: 27/02/2010 at 12:07 AM
Online news: Breakingnews
Writer: AFP News agency
Position: Agence France-Presse
The Supreme Court of Thailand Friday stripped more than half of the 2.3-billion-dollar fortune from ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, finding he earned the wealth by abusing his power. Here is a timeline of events since Thaksin's first election victory in 2001:
_ 2001 _
January: Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais) party, formed three years earlier, wins most seats in a general election. The party's platform includes a focus on healthcare and debt relief for the rural poor.
_ 2003 _
January: Thaksin launches controversial ``war on drugs,'' which rights groups say leads to more than 2,200 extrajudicial killings.
_ 2004 _
January: Start of insurgency in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, on which Thaksin takes a tough line.
_ 2005 _
Feb 6: Thaksin is re-elected, becoming the first prime minister to complete a full term in office.
_ 2006 _
Jan 23: Thaksin's family announces the tax-free sale of their 49 percent stake in telecoms giant Shin Corp to Singapore's state-owned investment unit Temasek for more than 73 billion baht. The move sparks months of protests by the royalist People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), known as the Yellow Shirts.
Sept 19: The army seizes power in a bloodless coup as Thaksin attends a session of the UN General Assembly in New York. More than a year of military rule follows and Thaksin remains in exile.
_ 2007 _
June: Anti-graft panel freezes Thaksin's assets.
December: The People Power Party, comprising Thaksin's allies, wins elections and forms a coalition government in February 2008.
_ 2008 _
May: The PAD relaunches street protests.
August: Thaksin and his wife, Pojaman _ who had returned to Thailand in February _ flee again, saying they will not get a fair trial on corruption charges.
October: Clashes between police and demonstrators kill two people and wound nearly 500. A court sentences Thaksin in absentia to two years in jail for conflict of interest.
November-December: Thousands of PAD supporters blockade Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports.
December: The Constitutional Court dissolves the People Power Party, forcing out Thaksin's brother-in-law Somchai Wongsawat as Prime Minister. British-born Abhisit Vejjajiva of the rival Democrat Party becomes premier.
_ 2009 _
January-March: ``Red Shirts'' loyal to Thaksin hold protests against Abhisit's government.
April: Red Shirts storm the venue of an Asian summit in the beach resort of Pattaya. Riots and a state of emergency in Bangkok ensue, leaving two people dead.
November: Cambodia appoints Thaksin as a government economic adviser, angering Thailand. Thaksin visits Phnom Penh and Cambodian leader Hun Sen refuses to extradite him.
_ 2010 _
February 26: Thailand's Supreme Court rules that 1.4-billion-dollars of Thaksin's wealth, more than half his frozen fortune, to be seized by the state.
Nine judges ruled he could hold on to the remainder of the money they say he earned before becoming prime minister
Published: 27/02/2010 at 12:07 AM
Online news: Breakingnews
Writer: AFP News agency
Position: Agence France-Presse
The Supreme Court of Thailand Friday stripped more than half of the 2.3-billion-dollar fortune from ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, finding he earned the wealth by abusing his power. Here is a timeline of events since Thaksin's first election victory in 2001:
_ 2001 _
January: Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais) party, formed three years earlier, wins most seats in a general election. The party's platform includes a focus on healthcare and debt relief for the rural poor.
_ 2003 _
January: Thaksin launches controversial ``war on drugs,'' which rights groups say leads to more than 2,200 extrajudicial killings.
_ 2004 _
January: Start of insurgency in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, on which Thaksin takes a tough line.
_ 2005 _
Feb 6: Thaksin is re-elected, becoming the first prime minister to complete a full term in office.
_ 2006 _
Jan 23: Thaksin's family announces the tax-free sale of their 49 percent stake in telecoms giant Shin Corp to Singapore's state-owned investment unit Temasek for more than 73 billion baht. The move sparks months of protests by the royalist People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), known as the Yellow Shirts.
Sept 19: The army seizes power in a bloodless coup as Thaksin attends a session of the UN General Assembly in New York. More than a year of military rule follows and Thaksin remains in exile.
_ 2007 _
June: Anti-graft panel freezes Thaksin's assets.
December: The People Power Party, comprising Thaksin's allies, wins elections and forms a coalition government in February 2008.
_ 2008 _
May: The PAD relaunches street protests.
August: Thaksin and his wife, Pojaman _ who had returned to Thailand in February _ flee again, saying they will not get a fair trial on corruption charges.
October: Clashes between police and demonstrators kill two people and wound nearly 500. A court sentences Thaksin in absentia to two years in jail for conflict of interest.
November-December: Thousands of PAD supporters blockade Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports.
December: The Constitutional Court dissolves the People Power Party, forcing out Thaksin's brother-in-law Somchai Wongsawat as Prime Minister. British-born Abhisit Vejjajiva of the rival Democrat Party becomes premier.
_ 2009 _
January-March: ``Red Shirts'' loyal to Thaksin hold protests against Abhisit's government.
April: Red Shirts storm the venue of an Asian summit in the beach resort of Pattaya. Riots and a state of emergency in Bangkok ensue, leaving two people dead.
November: Cambodia appoints Thaksin as a government economic adviser, angering Thailand. Thaksin visits Phnom Penh and Cambodian leader Hun Sen refuses to extradite him.
_ 2010 _
February 26: Thailand's Supreme Court rules that 1.4-billion-dollars of Thaksin's wealth, more than half his frozen fortune, to be seized by the state.
Nine judges ruled he could hold on to the remainder of the money they say he earned before becoming prime minister
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