Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra indicted for defaming monarchy

Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra indicted for defaming monarchy

Pacific Asia • Jun 18, 2024, 6:05 AM

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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was granted release on bail hours after he was formally indicted Tuesday on a charge of defaming the country's monarchy in one of several court cases that have unsteadied Thai politics.

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Japan's Supreme Court rules that forced sterilisation law was unconstitutional

Pacific Asia • 7:09 AM

Thousands of Japanese people who were forcibly sterilised between 1948 and 1996 will be able to request government compensation after the country's Supreme Court ruled that its now-defunct eugenics law was unconstitutional.

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