Tag: Exile

Thaksin’s return: From exile to 8 years’ jail sentence in Thailand

BANGKOK, Aug 22, 2023 (AFP) – Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra returned to the kingdom Tuesday after 15 years in exile and was immediately jailed, just hours before his party’s candidate was elected prime minister. The Supreme Court ordered the 74-year-old billionaire to serve eight years on old graft charges, though it is not clear how much time he will serve behind bars, as his Pheu Thai party forms the government and rumours swirl of […]

Duterte challenges Sison anew: Come home and let’s talk

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, June 20, challenged Jose Maria Sison, Communist Party of the Philippines founder, anew to return to the Philippines to talk. “I am challenging you, come and I give you my firm commitment, personal and official, I will assure your safety and security,” Duterte said in a speech in Iloilo. According to Duterte, he would pay for Sison’s fare, “maski first-class kasi may sakit ka na.” “I’ll give you […]

Sison willing to come to PHL to talk peace provided negotiations “not easily upset by peace spoilers”

(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founder Joma Sison said he was willing to end his exile in The Netherlands and talk peace. In a radio interview on Monday, April 23, Sison said, however, that peace negotiations should be sufficiently pushed and that these were “not easily upset by peace spoilers.” By peace spoilers he said he meant players within the military who would benefit with ongoing skirmishes between the government and the communist rebels. […]