Month: August 2022
Prayut avoids media, waiting for court’s ruling
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha refused to answer reporters’ questions about mounting pressure to step down as his eight-year rule is ending tomorrow, August 23, with a spokesman later saying he is waiting for the Constitutional Court’s ruling on this issue, Matichon newspaper said. When he came out of the Phakdi Bodin Building at the …
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Protesters might move to literally keep Prayut out of Government House
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF POLITICAL activists might probably steer a massive move to literally keep out Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from Government House since, they said, his eight-year rule is ending on upcoming Tuesday. The so-called Khana Lom Ruam Prachachon (Group For the Melting of the People Together) activists told hundreds …
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Car blast kills daughter of Russian known as ‘Putin’s brain’
By AP and published by ABC News plus CNN Moscow – The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said today (August 21). The Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said preliminary information indicated 29-year-old …
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Drunk woman bites off part of tourist’s ear in Pattaya
AN INTOXICATED woman hopped on a songthaew bus in Pattaya last night (August 20) and bit off a part of a Thai tourist’s ear and swallowed it, Sanook.com said today. The attack on the tourist, Mr. Charoen (surname withheld), 55, occurred at 11.30 p.m. at the traffic light intersection in front of Wat Chaimongkol …
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38 activist groups call on Prayut to step down
ISSUING a statement at the Democracy Monument today (August 21) calling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down on Wednesday August 24 when he completes eight years in power were 38 activist groups from four regions, Matichon newspaper said. The event was led by Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, from Thammasat Coalition and Assembly …
Update: BTS escalator accident blamed on teenagers slipping and falling
POLICE said the escalator accident at BTS Surasak station this evening (August 20) that left 27 people injured occurred after a large crowd of teenagers returning home from a concert at a nearby school rushed in amidst the rain but someone slipped at the top of the stairs moving up causing others too to …
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14 injured as BTS escalator suddenly speeds up
AROUND 14 people were injured this evening (August 20) after an escalator at BTS Surasak station suddenly started descending rapidly throwing them down, Daily News and The Standard said. Rescuers from Ruam Katanyu Foundation quickly rushed there and took those injured to Taksin, Charoenkrung Pracharak, and Chulalongkorn hospitals for treatment. They said that the …
Jealous young man shoots girlfriend at petrol pump restroom
PHANG NGA police are hunting for a young man who shot and seriously wounded his girlfriend and also injured her friend at a petrol pump restroom late last night after a recent move to break up, INN News said today (August 20). Pol. Lt. Col. Dusit Phongphan, investigating officer at Mueang Phang Nga police …
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Fake designer goods worth 50m baht seized
UPTO 70,000 knock-off designer products worth 50 million baht were seized in raids on 15 warehouses in Nakhon Nayok province by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday, Amarin TV said today (August 20). Mounting the raids on the 15 warehouses at Rong Kluea market in Ban Yai subdistrict, Mueang district, was Pol. Lt. Col. …
School’s in, face-to-face learning shifts to the home
EDUCATION throughout Thailand during the last few years of the Covid-19-inspired ‘Zoom Boom’ has largely taken place in a virtual classroom. But for many, remote learning has not been an effective substitute for face-to-face lessons. Growing frustration by online students and teachers who feel unable to connect in the fragmented and often disrupted cyberspace …
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Rural doctors again urge Prayut to step down after 8-year rule
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RURAL DOCTOR Society has today (August 19) repeated their calls for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down now that his eight years in power is allegedly ending on upcoming Wednesday. The Rural Doctor Society has issued an essentially repeated statement on its urging for Prayut to learn to …
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NSC: Dropping emergency decree depends on Covid situation
THE Secretary-general of the National Security Council said today (August 19) that the Covid situation and a certainty that there will not be another crisis would determine whether the emergency decree is cancelled at the end of next month, Naewna newspaper said. Gen. Supot Malaniyom, NSC’s secretary-general, aired his views on this key issue …
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50 students, teachers plunge into water after bridge collapse
A NATURE field trip by fifth graders and their teachers in Nakhon Si Thammarat province turned into a disaster after the bridge they were all crossing suddenly collapsed under their weight plunging them all into the pool of water below injuring six of them, Matichon said today (August 19). At 2 p.m. the National …
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Former head of Krisda Mahanakorn property giant gets 860 years in jail
THE former top executive of Krisda Mahanakorn was sentenced to 860 years in jail by the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases today (August 19) on money laundering charges with five other defendants including his son also given lengthy jail terms, Matichon newspaper said. However as the maximum imprisonment is 20 years …
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New-look ‘Queen Sirikit Centre’ to reopen on Sept. 12
AFTER a big expansion and renovation that stretched for three and half years and cost 15 billion baht, the Queen Sirikit Convention Centre is now ready to reopen on September 12, Matichon newspaper said this evening (August 18). The centre is now five times bigger with total area increasing from 65,000 sq. metres to …
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Constitutional Court hacker gets one year and six months in jail
THE HACKER who broke into the Constitutional Court website and changed the name to kangaroo court was jailed for one year and six months and fined 87,227 baht today (August 18), Naewna newspaper said. The Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek said in its verdict that the defendant, Mr. Wachira Suphathien, 34, had pleaded guilty on the …
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Ubon Ratchathani badly flooded with torrential rain still continuing
HEAVILY flooded amid ongoing torrential rain that started last night (August 17) was Muaeng district of northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province with floodwater in one zone almost as high as a sedan’s roof, Sanook.com said this afternoon. Several areas of the city remain inundated with floodwater mostly being knee high and this halted traffic as …
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Drug trafficker killed in shootout with police
A DRUG TRAFFICKER identified as a major distributor in several districts of Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi provinces was shot dead by narcotics police in a shootout as he was trying to flee his home in a pickup truck with police chasing him in their sedan yesterday afternoon, Matichon newspaper said this morning (August 18). The …
Prayut might dissolve House with intent to prolong rule: Chonlanan
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha might probably dissolve the House of Representatives soon with intent to prolong his rule, albeit in caretaker fashion, said Pheu Thai party leader Chonlanan Srikaew today (August 17). The opposition leader made his comments after he has today filed a petition undersigned by 171 opposition MPs …
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Army chief on 17 blasts in the South: It was worse before
ARMY CHIEF Gen. Narongphan Jitkaewtae said after 17 bomb and arson attacks took place in three southern provinces from last night till the wee hours of this morning (August 17) that there used to be more such incidents in the past and this wave of blasts does not seem aimed at destabilising this government …
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Indian man caught at airport trying to smuggle controlled wildlife
A YOUNG Indian man was caught trying to smuggle six types of controlled wildlife totalling 17 of them at Suvarnabhumi Airport last night (August 16), Matichon newspaper said. At 11 p.m. Mr. Prasert Sonsathapornkul, director of the Wildlife and Plant Protection Division (under CITES Convention) was alerted by security officials at this airport that …
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51 law lecturers insist Prayut be turned out next week
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FIFTY-ONE LAW LECTURERS attached to universities yesterday (August 16) jointly sent an open letter to the Constitutional Court insisting that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha be stopped by law as of next week from performing his duties until a court ruling on his eight-year tenure has been delivered. The open note …
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