Nattawut tasked with turning Red Shirt members into Pheu Thai voters
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER RED SHIRT leader Nattawut Saikua is being named “director” of a Pheu Thai Family project with apparent intent to recruit pro-democracy activists nationwide as supporters of Pheu Thai Party in the next general election, partisan sources said today (June 14). Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of Pheu Thai Family and daughter […]
Read MoreUpdate: Deputy minister says Anutin letting her stay on despite land grab scandal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters KANOKWAN WILAWAN is not yet resigning as deputy education minister despite being officially accused of standing behind an illegal encroachment upon a major national park. Kanokwan quoted Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul who concurrently acts as top leader of Bhumjaithai Party to which the woman politician belongs as saying she need […]
Read MoreDeputy minister keeps mum on land grab allegations
DEPUTY EDUCATION Minister Kanokwan Wilawan raised her hands and gave a wai to the media at the Government House but refused to answer their questions on National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) having pointed to her, her father Mr. Sunthorn Wilawan and other accomplices as having encroached upon over 150 rai of reserved forest at Khao Yai […]
Read MoreChadchart concerned about liberal marijuana use with one man already dead
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said today (June 14) that he is concerned about the impact of the liberal marijuana use that started on June 9 as a 51-year-old man suffered a congestive heart failure and died after consuming large amounts of the plant, Sanook.com said. Addressing a Bangkok Executive Board meeting, Chadchart said as […]
Read MoreBitcoin falls 14% after crypto lender Celsius Network freezes withdrawals
By Reuters and published by Euronews.next CRYPTOCURRENCY lending firm Celsius Network will pause withdrawals and transfers between accounts due to “extreme market conditions”, the company said on Monday, in the latest sign of pressure in the crypto industry. The world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, extended earlier declines after the announcement, falling more than 10 per […]
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