Hong Kong activists to defy police ban on July 1 march
By South China Morning Post VETERAN opposition activists, including Democratic Party leader Wu Chi-wai, have announced plans to defy a police ban and organise a July 1 march to protest against the new national security law, which is expected to take effect that same day. The Tuesday announcement came just hours after Beijing’s top legislative […]
Read MoreJuly 27 declared a special public holiday in lieu of Songkran
THE CABINET today approved Monday July 27 as a special holiday to compensate for the cancelled Songkran holidays in April leading to a four-day long weekend from July 25 to July 28, PostToday and Naewna newspapers reported this afternoon (June 30). Tuesday July 28 is already a holiday to mark His Majesty the King’s Birth […]
Read MoreRayong heavily flooded after weir breaks amid pounding rain
A SMASHED weir in Chonburi province led to heavy flooding at next-door Rayong’s Pluak Daeng district while hours-long torrential rain caused parts of Rayong Mueang district to be badly inundated, Sanook.com reported this morning (June 30, 2020). After the weir in Chonburi’s Si Racha district cracked and broke a mass of water gushed into Pluak […]
Read MoreChinese gamblers nabbed in Pattaya raid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NINE CHINESE nationals were arrested on emergency rule-breaking and gambling charges in Pattaya last night, police said. The police raided a house in Jomtien area of the beach resort city and rounded up the poker-playing Chinese males, aged between 30 and 42 years. The Chinese nationals were charged with breaking emergency […]
Read MoreMoney pours in to give a young girl an education
A WASTE picker’s young daughter whose photos appeared in several publications and were widely shared on social media as she walked behind him while he was pushed a cart to collect rubbish and debris to sell for a living touched so many people that almost a million baht has poured in to give her […]
Read MoreThailand on EU’s ‘safe countries’ list, but decision delayed
By EURACTIV.com with AFP ALTHOUGH Thailand is on the EU’s list of “safe countries” from where travellers could visit Europe in July, the member states still cannot agree on this list and require more time to decide, EUROACTIV.com and AFP reported today (June 29, 2020). After days of talks, EU envoys on Friday agreed to […]
Read MoreGreen light for phase five easing of Covid-19 lockdown
THE full meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) presided over by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha passed a resolution to launch phase five easing of the coronavirus lockdown today (June 29), PostToday and Thai News Agency reported. Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, CCSA’s spokesman, said Gen Prayut thanked officials and the public for having helped […]
Read MoreWoman issues strong warning about peeping tom at pump
A FACEBOOK member by the name of “Pop Panyavee” posted a strong warning for women to be very careful when using public toilets having herself almost become a peeping tom’s victim yesterday, Naewna newspaper reported this morning (June 29). She said she had gone to use the toilet at a pump in Soi Pattanakarn 20 […]
Read MoreCan you see me as I am, an Indian Chinese?
By Liu Chuen Chen, Indian Express I WAS grabbing my mask to rush to the nearby grocery store when the cellphone rang. It was my mother. I thought she would be (once again) fussing over my ‘outing’ amid the pandemic but she spoke in an extremely serious tone: “I hope you know what is happening […]
Read MoreRape victim told statute of limitations has expired
THE daughter of a former police general and well-known politician was told by Phra Khanong police station today (June 28) that a rape complaint she had filed against a police captain cannot proceed because three months had passed and the statute of limitations had already legally expired, Sanook.com reported. The young woman had said in […]
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