MPs-designate verification pending probe of 71 constituency winners
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE LONG-AWAITED VERIFICATION of MPs-designate is still pending investigation by the Election Commission into petitions earlier filed against a number of those who scored victories in constituency-based mode for the May 14 election, said a source in the polling agency today (June 14). Of a total of 400 MPs-designate who […]
Read MorePolling agency urged to speed up verification of MPs-designate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLITICAL ACTIVISTS TODAY (June 14) pressed the Election Commission to speed up the verification of the MPs-designate who have scored victories in the May 14 election now that the nationwide race has already elapsed a full month. Those activists led by iLaw group peacefully gathered at the Election Commission headquarters […]
Read MoreThaksin insists on returning next month despite family’s warning
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has not postponed his planned homecoming from next month despite a desperate warning against it from members of his family. Thaksin’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra, one of a trio of Pheu Thai partisan contestants for prime minister, said today (June 14) her father has […]
Read MoreScammer tells police: Thais most gullible in Asia
METROPOLITAN Police published an audio clip where a former call centre scammer said Thai people are the most gullible in Asia while jeering that if you have money then just bribe the police, TV Channel 7 said today (June 14). In the 1.34-minute audio clip, published on the Metropolitan Police Facebook page, the fraudster […]
Read MoreTeen lese majeste suspect expelled from school
A 15-year-old teen girl who is the youngest person ever accused of violating the lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, posted a message on her personal Facebook page that she has been expelled from school, Naewna newspaper said this morning (June 14). Thanalop Phalanchai, or Yok, a 10th grade student […]
Read MorePutin ponders a question: Should Russia try to take Kyiv again?
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Moscow – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (June 13) that any further mobilisation would depend on what Russia wanted to achieve in the war in Ukraine, adding that he faced a question only he could answer – should Russia try to take Kyiv […]
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