Day: August 5, 2022
‘Banana-feeding’ allegation lodged against major coalition partner, 6 splinter parties
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission was today (August 5) petitioned to investigate scandals in which MPs of six splinter parties have accepted kickbacks in cash from a major coalition partner, allegedly referring to Palang Pracharath Party. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn and Vera Somkwamkid of Thai Liberal Party lodged the petition for the anti-graft agency …
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Thailand protests against Cambodian casino encroaching on Thai territory
AMID a move to open a permanent checkpoint with Cambodia at Trat the ranger regiment based in this border province pointed out that a Cambodian casino has encroached into a Thai watershed area with a protest letter already sent to the neighbouring country, Naewna said this evening (August 5). The boundary problem between the two …
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Panel set up to probe if policemen were involved with gutted pub
FOLLOWING the the fire at a crowded music pub in Sattahip district of Chonburi province in the wee hours of this morning (August 5) that killed 14 revellers and injured many others a senior police officer has now set up a committee to investigate whether any local policemen were involved in the illegal complex, …
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Thai woman is the country’s 4th monkeypox case, 2 others exposed
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry confirmed today (August 5) that a 22-year-old Thai woman who frequently visited entertainment venues popular with foreigners in Bangkok has caught monkeypox, thus becoming the country’s fourth case of this infectious viral disease, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, head of the Disease Control Department, said there are two Thai men …
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Sattahip district chief transferred after pub fire kills 14 people
AFTER a huge fire engulfed a pub in Sattahip district of Chonburi province at 1 a.m. this morning (August 5) killing 14 people and injuring many others the district chief was immediately transferred to the Department of Provincial Administration, Naewna newspaper and Sanook.com said. The department’s chief Mr. Thanakom Chongjira signed an order transferring Sattahip’s …
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Japan protests after Chinese missiles land in its exclusive economic zone
By AFP and Reuters, published by CNA Tokyo – Ballistic missiles fired by China are believed to have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for the first time, Tokyo’s defence minister said today (August 4). “Five of the nine ballistic missiles launched by China are believed to have landed within Japan’s EEZ,” Nobuo Kishi …
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