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Cabinet members warned giving cash could land them in hot water
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL MEMBERS OF CABINET have been cautioned to not hand out cash for free to anyone otherwise they might probably face vote-buying charges. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (Sept. 22) warned all ministers to refrain from giving money to anyone during their official visits anywhere as of upcoming Sunday until …
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Siblings in payroll robbery arrested in Bangkok
THE CLERK of a Chonburi company and her brother who on Monday afternoon stole 3.46 million baht of 3.5 million baht payroll withdrawn from a local bank were tracked down and arrested at a room in Phasi Charoen district of Bangkok, Matichon newspaper said. Chonburi Provincial Police together with Ban Bueng station investigation team yesterday …
Scores in Nonthaburi affected by chemical leak in Nakhon Pathom
FUMES from a major chemical spill at a factory in Nakhon Pathom early this morning (Sept. 22) spread to Nonthaburi leading to over 200 people suffering from burning eyes and nose but none needed hospitalisation while many schools shut for the day, Matichon newspaper said. The chemical spill occurred at Indorama Polyester Industries Ltd. …
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Thailand arrests Myanmar military-linked businessman suspected of drug trafficking
By Panu Wongcha-um and Poppy McPherson, Reuters, and published by US News & World Report THAI authorities said yesterday (Sept. 21) they had detained a Myanmar tycoon suspected of drug trafficking, who three sources said was linked to the upper echelons of Myanmar’s ruling military junta. Tun Min Latt, 53, was arrested in Bangkok …
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Tangmo Nida’s mother gets almost 10m baht as death compensation
THE MOTHER of actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, who drowned in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip in February this year, was given 400,000 baht in cash plus two cashier’s cheques totaling 1.6 million baht and a contract to pay her a salary of 30,000 baht a month for 20 years as compensation …
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Company clerk, rider likely linked to 3.4m baht payroll theft
CHONBURI police found the motorcycle and a pickup truck used in the theft of 3.46 million baht payroll at the car park of a bank yesterday afternoon (Sept. 20) with the company clerk from whom the large amount of cash was snatched being the owner of the latter, TV Channel 7 said. Police now …
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60-70% of Thais have been infected with Covid: Expert
A THAI medical expert said in a Facebook post today (Sept. 21) that blood tests previously carried out indicate that around 60-70% of the population have been infected with Covid-19, particularly the dominant Omicron subvariant, Matichon newspaper said. Dr. Yong Phuworawan, the head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty …
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Over 500 youngsters slapped with politically related charges so far
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE THAN 500 PRO-DEMOCRACY adolescents have been arrested on politically related charges since the Free Youth movement started in 2020, a human rights report says. According to the Centre for Thai Lawyers for Human Rights’s report released today (Sept. 20) to ironically mark the National Youth Day, a total of 563 …
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Thief dressed as food delivery rider steals 3.4m baht payroll
CHONBURI POLICE are chasing a thief dressed as a food delivery rider who stole 3.4 million baht payroll after picking a fight with one of two employees of a company who had just withdrawn the cash to pay wages, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Sept. 20). Pol. Col. Tawee Kudthang, head of Ban Bueng …
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Cabinet approves additional budget for 6 movies shot in Thailand
THE CABINET today (Sept. 20) approved an additional 212 million baht from this year’s budget reserved for emergencies and necessary expenses to cover a shortfall in the promotion of the shooting of six foreign movies in Thailand with these scheduled to be released this year, INN News said. Ms. Traisulee Traisornkul, deputy spokesperson for …
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Not yet time for Palang Pracharath to start campaigning: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Sept. 20) commented that the time for the largest coalition partner to go on an electoral campaign trail anywhere has not arrived yet. Prawit categorically dismissed criticism that he and his Palang Pracharath Party had already managed to woo popularity among …
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Another gigantic roadside sign featuring Prawit spotted in Buengkarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANOTHER COLOSSAL ROADSIDE sign featuring caretaker Prime Minister-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan has been spotted in downtown Buengkarn with an attached note literally soliciting legal leniency for its existence. The vinyl billboard features an enlarged picture of the mask-wearing Prawit, the ruling party’s logo and catchphrases about a watershed …
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Red shirts, activists mark Sept. 2006 coup against Thaksin govt
RED SHIRT followers and Thalu Fah activists held separate events to mark the Sept. 19, 2006 coup against the elected government of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra amid heavy police presence, Matichon newspaper said this evening. The red shirts gathered at the Democracy Monument with their activity entitled “Red shirts against dictatorship.” Meanwhile Thalu …
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26 luxury cars stolen in UK and sold as new vehicles in Thailand seized
THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) today (Sept. 19) announced the seizure of 26 out of 35 luxury vehicles stolen in the UK and sold as new vehicles in Thailand after being contacted by the British authorities to track them down, Naewna newspaper said. Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin together with Mr. Traiyarit Temhiwong, DSI’s …
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Palang Pracharath Party blasted for using welfare cards to wins votes
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH Party was today (Sept. 19) taken to task for using state welfare cards in “utterly disgusting” fashion to muster popularity among constituents in the provinces well ahead of the next general election. Deputy Pheu Thai Party secretary-general Khunakorn Preechachanachai alleged that the largest coalition partner had obviously resorted …
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Pattaya police station head transferred after Kyrgyz woman’s death
IMMIDIATELY transferred to the National Police headquarters in Bangkok today (Sept. 18) was the superintendent of Pattaya City police station after two cases of human trafficking and prostitution emerged at the seaside city with one leading to a Kyrgyz woman falling from the seventh floor of a hotel, Matichon newspaper. Pol. Col. Kulachat Kulchai, …
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Protest against plan to rent out historic air base for growing sugarcane
By Thai Newsroom Reporters VILLAGERS IN NAKHU district of Kalasin today (Sept. 18) gathered in protest of the air force’s plan to turn a parcel of land in the premises of a Free Thai Movement air base into a sugarcane plantation. The local villagers of Nakhu and nearby districts of the northeastern province peacefully demonstrated …
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Pheu Thai Party flexes muscles at local contest in Roi Et
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI PARTY today (Sept. 18) flexed their muscles contesting for head of a provincial administration of Roi Et in what was largely viewed as a warm-up to the next general election for MPs. Though the election for head of the northeastern provincial administrative organisation, scheduled for next Sunday, merely …
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Interior Ministry orders nationwide electrical leakage check
AS FLOODING in many parts of the country has led to people being exposed to various hazards particularly electric shock as happened to some students on Friday, Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda today (Sept. 18) ordered local administrative organisations nationwide to quickly get all installations checked for electrical leakage, Naewna newspaper said. Altogether five students …
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Suspect arrested in death of Kyrgyz woman
ONE OF three Chinese suspects being chased after a Kyrgyz woman who had filed a complaint of having been forced into prostitution plunged to her death from the seventh floor of a luxury condominium in Pattaya yesterday was arrested in Bangkok today (Sept. 17), Thai Rath newspaper said this evening. Pol. Maj. Gen. Thitawat …
Every party’s vote-wooing roadside signs everywhere: Chaiwut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH party is not the only one that may currently have gigantic signs featuring the party’s top leader and logo set up along the roads in the provinces to muster popular support for the next general election, said Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaiwut Tanakhamanusorn today (Sept. 17). Not …
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Ye Mon’s nightmare: ‘I reported on the military’s abuses, and then I became a victim’
By Ye Mon, Frontier Myanmar IN A RARE first-hand account, Frontier Myanmar journalist Ye Mon recounts being beaten and sexually abused by regime soldiers in December 2021 after being detained at Yangon International Airport. I couldn’t see the soldiers through my blindfold, but their words were terrifying enough. “If they refused to answer our …
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