Day: August 11, 2022
Thai police help arrest couple in 821m baht luxury goods scam
By The Straits Times Singapore – The couple allegedly involved in a luxury goods scam, involving undelivered items worth S$32 million (approximately 821 million baht), have been arrested in Malaysia and are back in Singapore with the Thai police having tipped off their counterparts in Singapore The Singapore Police Force said Pi Jiapeng, 26, and …
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Police shut 3 pubs in Sukhumvit, Thonglor area
POLICE today (August 11) shut a bar in Sukhumvit Soi 22 and two pubs in Thonglor area for operating and serving alcohol without the proper permits with the latter two also faulted for flouting Covid control measures, Naewna newspaper said. Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Roy Ingkapairote ordered the closure of Otto Bar in …
House meeting adjourned as motion raised on Prayut’s 8-year tenure
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A WEEKLY MEETING OF THE House of Representatives was again adjourned due to lack of a quorum today (August 11) after opposition MPs had called in vain for a fresh motion to discuss a legal controversy over Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s eight-year tenure. Deputy House Speaker Supachai Bhosu adjourned the …
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Lawyers’ group urges Prayut to quit before ruling on 8-year tenure
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION of Thailand has called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down before a legal controversy over his eight years in power is finally settled in court. The lawyers association today (August 11) issued a statement signed by Narinpong Jinapuck, president of the association, advising Prayut to …
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Tourists lost at Koh Phangan, Koh Tao forests rescued
RESCUE teams at two southern tourist islands, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao, rescued a young foreign couple and another male tourist lost in the hilly forests last night, Naewna newspaper said this morning (August 11). Tourist police at Koh Phangan were alerted via the hotline number 1155 that a young foreign couple, Mr. Jaime …
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