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Shooting spree: ‘Not just drugs to blame but problems in military, police systems too’
A PROMINENT academic said today (Oct. 7) that the massacre at a child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province yesterday that left 38 small children and adults dead and 10 others injured was not just due the former policeman being addicted to a drug but also stemmed from problems in the Thai military and …
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Ratsadorn group urges Prayut to dissolve House as soon as possible
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RATSADORN GROUP of pro-democracy activists today (Oct. 6) called for the dissolution of the House of Representatives as soon as possible to return power to the people by way of a general election. Ratsadorn group leader Patsaravalee Tanakitvibulpon announced that the people in all sectors of society would prefer to see …
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Thammanat won’t return to Prawit’s camp as long as Prayut remains in power
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI ECONOMIC PARTY leader Thammanat Prompao will definitely not return alongside 15 MPs under his command to the ruling Palang Pracharath Party as long as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha remains in power, confirmed a Thai Economic MP today (Oct. 6). Thammanat, who was deposed from the Prayut cabinet following last …
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24 out of 36 killed in shooting spree were children
THE MASSACRE at a child care centre at Na Klang district, Nong Bua Lamphu province, this afternoon (Oct. 6) left 36 people dead of whom 24 were small children and 12 others injured, Matichon newspaper said at 4 p.m. Only one child survived the shooting by Pol. Lt. Col. Panya Khamrab, a non-official policeman who …
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Update: Ex-cop commits suicide after killing over 30 at child care centre
A FORMER policeman drove up in a pickup truck to a child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province this afternoon (Oct. 6) and opened fire at both adults and children there killing over 30 with the majority being children, Sanook.com said. It was later reported that the suspect, Pol. Lt. Col. Panya Khamrab, a …
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Ex-cop kills 32 in shooting at child care centre
A FORMER policeman drove up to a child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province in a pickup truck this afternoon (Oct. 6) and opened fire at both adults and children there killing 32, Sanook.com said. National police chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas quickly flew to the upper northeastern province to oversee the hunt for …
Massacre of students in 1976 commemorated
AN EVENT was held at Thammasat University, Tha Prachan campus, to commemorate the massacre of scores of students on this day in 1976 with copies of a book entitled “We Won’t Forget Charupong” given to participants, Matichon newspaper said. On October 6, 1976, state forces massacred student activists on the lawn of Thammasat University after …
No cabinet reshuffle anytime soon: Prayut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha reassured today (Oct. 5) a cabinet reshuffle is not going to take place anytime soon though coalition partners may prefer to see it sooner than later. Prayut apparently dampened speculation that a cabinet reshuffle would likely be imminent now that he has come back to run the …
Bank coughs up 2.2m baht for seizing wrong house
GOVERNMENT Savings Bank yesterday (Oct. 4) agreed to pay 2.2 million baht compensation to the owners of a house their contractor had wrongfully seized and renovated plus put a for sale sign upfront and in doing so destroying many objects of sentimental value, Sanook.com said. Mr. Ronnarong Kaewpetch, chairman of the Network to Reclaim …
Big lot of meth pills seized in clash with drug runners at border
A GUNFIGHT broke out between drug traffickers carrying methamphetamine pills in backpacks and a team of rangers just a kilometre from the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Ai district of Chiang Mai province last night (Oct. 4), Naewna newspaper said this morning. Maj. Gen. Supharek Sathapornphon, commander of Pha Muang Task Force of the 3rd …
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Special 3-day Apec summit holiday for Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan
THE CABINET approved a special three-day public holiday for Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan provinces during the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit being held during November 16-18, 2022, Matichon newspaper said today (Oct. 5). This special holiday was proposed by the Foreign Ministry as there is only a little over a month left …
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Bangkokians urged to work from home during Oct. 5-7 due to heavy rain
BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (Oct. 4) said it is gearing up to ask the private sector to allow their staff to work from home during Oct. 5-7 to avoid the impact of torrential rain as some people were stranded in the floods last evening, Amarin TV said. Bangkok Deputy Governor Tavida Kamolvej admitted …
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De facto Bhumjaithai boss vows to send Anutin running for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO BHUMJAITHAI boss Newin Chidchob today (Oct. 4) pledged to send Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Public Health Minister-cum-Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul contesting for prime minister in the next general election. During the 64th birthday celebrations held at Chang Arena in his home province of Buriram, the de facto Bhumjaithai boss …
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Prayut unlikely to be named post-election PM: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha would no longer be named head of a post-election government with about three quarters of a year for him to prolong his rule from now, according to a prominent academic. Thammasat University law lecturer Prinya Thaewanarumitkul forecast today (Oct. 4) Prayut would find no major party to …
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Bank explains seizing wrong house, holding talks today
GOVERNMENT Savings Bank last evening (Oct. 3) clarified the seizing of a wrong house in Pathum Thani on Sept.5 pointing out that it had apologised to the owners and had renovated it for resale prior to the mistake being discovered, Sanook.com said. The bank said it had purchased house number 99/44 located in a housing …
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German engine won’t be fitted into Chinese submarine in Thailand: Navy chief
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE VERY UNLIKELY for the Thai navy to buy a German-made engine to install aboard a Chinese-built submarine in Thailand, said navy chief Adm. Cherngchai Chomcherngpat yesterday (Oct. 3). The newly-appointed navy chief categorically dismissed unconfirmed news reports that the German-made MTU396 engine might probably be imported and …
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Bank mum on 2m baht claim for seizing the wrong house
AN UNNAMED bank has so far not paid any compensation to the owner of a house in Pathum Thani which they seized by error on Sept. 5 when their contractor removed all the belongings, locked the gate with a padlock and put a for sale sign on it, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 3). Mr. …
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Many areas of Bangkok flooded after torrential rain
GREATER Bangkok was lashed by torrential downpour from 2.30 p.m. onwards that led to many roads being flooded and critical traffic jams building up in many areas, Naewna newspaper said late afternoon (Oct. 3). Flooding was particularly heavy at Bang Na intersection with small cars having difficulty going through. Also in a bad state …
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Varawut becomes top leader of Chart Thai Pattana Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters VARAWUT SILPA-ARCHA has become top leader of the Chart Thai Pattana Party in place of his own sister, Kanchana, who has earlier resigned. In today’s (Oct. 3) general caucus of the Chart Thai Pattana Party, Varawut, who concurrently performs as natural resources & environment minister, was unanimously named top leader …
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Gold chain, mobile phone stolen from Russian and Indian tourists
A RUSSIAN tourist lost a gold chain to two transgender thieves while strolling on Pattaya beach and a Thai woman stole a mobile phone from an Indian man holidaying at this seaside city, Amarin TV said this morning (Oct. 3). At 11.30 p.m. last night Mr. Vadim Korni Iashchenko, 31, a Russian national filed …
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Death toll in Indonesia football stampede jumps to 174
By Reuters, AFP, NYTimes and Bloomberg, published by The Straits Times Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo today (Oct. 2) ordered a safety review of the country’s football matches after at least 174 people were killed and 180 injured in a stampede and riot at a soccer match, officials said, in one of the world’s …
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Poll finds most Gen-Zers view 2017 constitution as ‘dictatorial’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST GEN-Z YOUNGSTERS regard the 2017 junta-designed constitution as being “dictatorial”, according to a recent poll. Rangsit University political scientist Thamrongsak Petlert-anand revealed today (Oct. 2) findings of the opinion poll conducted earlier this month among a total of 707 Gen-Z adolescents where 85.8% of the respondents considered the current …
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