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Yellow Shirt leader sentenced 20 years for fabricating loan documents
Thailand’s Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced Sondhi Limthongkul, a core leader of the People’s Alliance for Democracy PAD, the Yellow Shirt movement, to 20 years in prison without suspension for violating the Securities and Exchange Act.
Can Thailand’s Economy Survive its Politics?
Looking at the empty hotels, shopping malls and office buildings in bamboo-barricaded Ratchaprasong, Thailand’s economy appears headed back into recession. Yet a glance at the ports on the Eastern Seaboard paints a different picture: Exports grew 41 percent in March and the central bank expects them to rise 28 percent for the year