Day: September 23, 2022
Most Gen-Zers prefer Chadchart as post-election PM: Rangsit poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST GEN-Z PEOPLE have been found to prefer Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt become prime minister after the next general election. According to an opinion poll conducted by Rangsit University political scientist Thamrongsak Petlert-anand among a total of 707 Gen-Z respondents between Sept. 7 and Sept. 16, 43.1% prefers Chadchart who …
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Junta-linked Myanmar tycoon under initial 12-day detention
A MYANMAR tycoon linked to the upper echelons of his country’s ruling military junta and facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges in Thailand was ordered by court to an initial 12-day detention on Sept. 20, Matichon newspaper said today (Sept. 23). Tun Min Latt, 53, was arrested in Bangkok in a dawn raid …
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Emergency decree scrapped, CCSA disbanded from Oct. 1
A DECISION was taken at the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee meeting today (Sept. 23) presided over by caretaker Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan to revoke the state of emergency decree from Oct. 1 and in doing so disbanding itself thenceforth, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon. Dr. Udom Kachintorn, adviser to CCSA, …
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Amnesty calls on govt to scrap emergency decree
AMNESTY International Thailand together with academics today (Sept. 23) submitted a letter to the government urging revocation of the state of emergency decree and dropping charges of violating this decree filed against at least 1,467 people,Sanook.com said. Mrs. Piyanuch Kotsan, director of Amnesty International Thailand, said the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency …