Report Thaksin’s Niece Denies Explosive Cambodia Spy Claims

[webfact]

Picture courtesy of Thai Rath

 

Thaksin Shinawatra’s niece has faced explosive accusations of spying for Cambodia, which a senior government official has strongly denied. Russ Chalichan, assistant to Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, dismissed the claims as completely without foundation.

 

It was alleged online that Chayika Wongnapachant, linked to the court-suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, was working undercover at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to collect intelligence for Cambodia.

 

According to these baseless claims, the alleged spy work involved intelligence on recent skirmishes between Thai and Cambodian forces at the contentious border.

 

The scandalous allegations tied Chayika to covert activities, supposedly feeding vital information from Bangkok to Phnom Penh. These rumours have stirred public suspicion, especially given her appointment as an adviser to the foreign affairs minister during the preceding Pheu Thai-led administration.

 

Concerns have heightened among the Thai public over potential pro-Khmer sentiments within the governing party, which is wary of any connections to the Shinawatra lineage.

 

Thus, swirling speculations have captured Chayika, the daughter of Thaksin's sister, Yaowaret Shinawatra. Her link to the family has fuelled chatter that could resonate with some perceived naivety and pro-Cambodian stance allegedly shown by Paetongtarn in previous conversations with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

 

Simultaneously, ministers have stepped forward to quell circulating rumours regarding Paetongtarn’s potential resignation amid an ongoing impeachment process.

 

Prime Minister’s Office Minister Chusak Sirinil has categorically denied any notion of her leaving her role prior to the Constitutional Court’s decision. This deliberation on her fate is anticipated to be revealed either later this month or early next, keeping political circles watchful.

 

Within Pheu Thai, speculation mounts about Thaksin’s next move if Paetongtarn faces ousting. Eyes turn to the sole remaining candidate from the party’s prime ministerial shortlist, MP Chaikasem Nitisiri. Yet whispers suggest Thaksin might harbour limited trust towards him, adding another layer of drama to the party’s leadership conundrum.

 

Government officials insist that the claims against Chayika lack merit, despite the intensity of this political turbulence. Those using social media to stir public unrest portray the alleged spy scandal as an unfair attack on her and the ruling family.

 

The authorities have underlined the significance of not letting unverified and inflammatory assertions disrupt governance and diplomatic relations.

 

What remains is a political landscape fraught with intrigue and charged accusations. Both Paetongtarn’s and Chayika’s futures hang precariously in the balance, pending legal and political resolutions. 

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Thai Newsroom 2025-08-05

 

[watchcat]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thaksin Shinawatra’s niece has faced explosive accusations of spying for Cambodia, which a senior government official has strongly denied.

 

If unpleasant thinngs are said about, probabably there's a good reason for it

[ikke1959]

The whole clan is everywhere and will do jobs to control everything and everyone... I am not surprised, as she is rathe runknown and has freedom to act like this, and of course it will be denied as every wrongdoing by the Shin clan

[Jim Blue]

5 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

The whole clan is everywhere and will do jobs to control everything and everyone... I am not surprised, as she is rathe runknown and has freedom to act like this, and of course it will be denied as every wrongdoing by the Shin clan

Great to see a photo of the next PM candidate .......

[dinsdale]

Absurd rubbish from royalist/nationalists nutters.

[watchcat]

24 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

The whole clan is everywhere and will do jobs to control everything and everyone... I am not surprised, as she is rathe runknown and has freedom to act like this, and of course it will be denied as every wrongdoing by the Shin clan

 

Send them, the whole family, to an Arabic country.

[blaze master]

1 minute ago, watchcat said:

 

Send them, the whole family, to an Arabic country.

 

They can live off Yinglucks rice. 

[watchcat]

Just now, blaze master said:

 

They can live off Yinglucks rice. 

 

Indeed, but I think the Army bought the lot, for the conscripts?

 

[motdaeng]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

It was alleged online that Chayika Wongnapachant, linked to the court-suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, was working undercover at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to collect intelligence for Cambodia.

 

... it seems it is getting better and better ... who would have thought about something like that ... it must be the family DNA ... 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

If unpleasant thinngs are said about, probabably there's a good reason for it

True... but coming out with just accusations isn't enough.

Show us some proof.

[crazykopite]

The old English saying Jobs for the boys  is not in the Thai vocabulary it’s Jobs for the Family I wonder how many more of the Shin Clan hold good positions  within the Kingdom ?

[mfd101]

I've never heard of her before but - given that she's a Shinawat family member - it is unavoidably true that she must be a murderer and a rapist and have poor hygiene and dreadful taste in clothes as well.

[paul1804]

Just more political BS!

[Toddel]

I'd like to see her qualifications (other than her surname!) to get this advisor job. She looks like a schoolgirl, but I don't want to judge her by her looks.
This family has ties everywhere here and is sticky like the pest!

 

[Kat Hao]

If you smell smoke, check for fire. 

 

[SOTIRIOS]

...Hope, For The Sake Of Thailand And The Thai People This Aberration Is Eradicated....(?)

 

...A Whole Family ....And Cronies....(?)

 

...Is There Any Higher Betrayal Still... (?)

 

...To Dismiss This As 'Unfounded' Smacks Of A Coverup....

 

...One Would Think That This Accusation/Allegation....Based On Some Facts, Apparently...(?)

 

...Should Be Investigated To The Nth Degree...(?)

 

...And Maybe The International Community Should Be Involved... (?)

[Will B Good]

 

 

.....then right at the bottom of a long list of prioritised worries for Thaksin the words.....

 

 

 

 

 

Thailand and the Thai people

[Will B Good]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

According to these baseless claims, the alleged spy work involved intelligence on recent skirmishes between Thai and Cambodian forces at the contentious border.

 

The scandalous allegations tied Chayika to covert activities, supposedly feeding vital information from Bangkok to Phnom Penh. 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't beat a bit of FOX style news reporting.

 

 

[leverito]

Soon they will say that Thaksin is a disguised colonel of Cambodian army…What a huge blinding hatred…

 

[Derek B]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

The authorities have underlined the significance of not letting unverified and inflammatory assertions disrupt governance

Exactly get back to your desks, put your phones away, eat at meal times and take public transport to & from work or your end up being replaced by a General.

[Callmeishmael]

Interesting that the article doesn't mention the reason WHY she is suspected...  she is married to one of Hun Sen's family.  I don't recall if her husband is his son or grandson or nephew.

 

Oops!  I did a bit of googling and my memory was off....  one of her cousins married a friend of the Hun family, not her.

 

 

[portisaacozzy]

1 hour ago, leverito said:

Soon they will say that Thaksin is a disguised colonel of Cambodian army…What a huge blinding hatred…

 

Funny you should say that ..........!

[kingstonkid]

12 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

The whole clan is everywhere and will do jobs to control everything and everyone... I am not surprised, as she is rathe runknown and has freedom to act like this, and of course it will be denied as every wrongdoing by the Shin clan

Again, check out her credentials as a marketing agent for one of Uncle T's companies that has folded. and works with thePTP.  

 

Considering that like her aunt she probably bounced on ounle Hun's knee 

 

You want to solve all this crap it is easy.  Take one of the hotels that T owns and house the Shin family without any access to the outside world for 6 months.  

 

A whole lot of stuff gets done in a hurry.

 

PTP just keeps sinking and sinking.    The only thing that the courts should do is not only bar involvement in politics but also make it mandatory that ALL political parties report every donor of more than 1000 baht. after barring Thaksin from financial support.

 

Again I am willing to bet that this whole border issue is simply because both families need to shore up their standing and get the bad press in the back mirror unforuntaley it is costing families loved ones.    Reminds me of the Bush family and Iraq.

[Sir Dude]

All of them on both sides should be in jail and dismissed from politics... a new start for both sides is needed with no old men in charge.

[kingstonkid]

4 hours ago, Toddel said:

I'd like to see her qualifications (other than her surname!) to get this advisor job. She looks like a schoolgirl, but I don't want to judge her by her looks.
This family has ties everywhere here and is sticky like the pest!

 

Chayika Wongnapachant

 

 

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[kingstonkid]

With the defamation laws in this country, I am willing to be whoever started this has proof.

 

It will be interesting to see the next steps

[sambum]

13 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

If unpleasant thinngs are said about, probabably there's a good reason for it

 

Jealousy?

[MarkBR]

I suspect that certain members of Thaksin's opponents are spouting this.  If they have evidence then make it public so there can be legal prosecution.  Not just mud-slinging because they are blind with irrational hatred.

PS do not assume I like Thaksin - I do not.  Think most Thai politicians are corrupt, greedy & kwai who care not one iota for the Thai people they are supposed to represent. Just pigs with their snout in the feeding trough.

[thecyclist]

She has got her uncle's square face , might have inherited some of his cunning, greed, and sense of entitlement as well. 

The whole clan is an abomination.