Move Forward refutes anti-monarchy accusations
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER Chaithawat Tulathon today (Jan.31) categorically denied that his partisan colleagues had looked to amend the lese majeste law with alleged intent to undermine the monarchy as otherwise accused in court. The Move Forward leader was responding to the Constitutional Court’s ruling delivered hours earlier against a sustained […]
Read MoreMove Forward survives Constitutional Court’s ruling on lese majeste law amendment
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD HAS SURVIVED the Constitutional Court’s historic ruling delivered today (Jan. 31) to deter the progressive party’s sustained attempt to amend the highly contentious lese majeste law with a court order for an immediate end to it. The nine-judge Constitutional Court ruled that former Move Forward leader/current MP […]
Read MorePita, Move Forward lose Section 112 case
THE Constitutional Court ruled that both former Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat as the first defendant and the party itself as the second defendant had attempted to “overthrow democratic system with His Majesty the King as Head of State” based on the party’s platform to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the […]
Read MoreMurdered Thai woman’s family searching for her cell phone
THE FAMILY of a Thai woman whose second Swiss husband has confessed to having strangled her to death during an argument earlier this month searched for her mobile at the cornfield where her body was found, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 31). Ms. Orathai Posingam, 46, who went missing on the Jan. 8, had […]
Read MoreLiverpool fans warned of money-soliciting, ludicrous scam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LIVERPOOL FANS IN THAILAND are being cautioned to never fall prey to what appears to be a ridiculous, senseless scam soliciting money online to buy Bayer 04 Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso an air ticket to the English city. The Central Investigation Bureau has posted on its Facebook page to warn […]
Read MoreAir force seeks 19 billion baht in funding for new fighters
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE AIR FORCE IS LOOKING FOR a sum of 19 billion baht in funding for next fiscal year for the planned procurement of new squadrons of fighters to replace the ageing ones scheduled to be decommissioned in the next four years, air force chief ACM Panpakdee Patanakul confirmed today (Jan.30). […]
Read MorePM continues working despite suffering from flu
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin has caught the flu but will continue working as usual tomorrow (Jan. 31) with there being an appointment for a dinner meeting with military leaders in the evening, TV Channel 7 said today. Srettha met reporters before attending a meeting with Phue Thai MPs at the party’s headquarters and it […]
Read MoreThailand may deport visiting dissident rock band back to Russia
By Jutarat Skulpichetrat, AP, and published by Yahoo!News A VISITING dissident rock band that has been critical of Moscow’s war in Ukraine and whose members were arrested last week in Thailand might face deportation to Russia, according to human rights advocates and fans on Monday (Jan. 29). Five of the seven musicians playing with […]
Read MoreDead wife caught Swiss husband having an affair
A SWISS man who is the second husband of a Thai woman who inherited 13 million baht from her first Swiss husband upon his death in 2021 and had yesterday confessed to strangling her to death was having an affair with another woman, Amarin TV quoted police as saying today (Jan. 30). Ms. Orathai […]
Read MoreMove Forward MP dares army to announce army-run business revenue
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP JIRAT Thongsuwan today (Jan.29) dared the army to give a press conference on how tens of billions of baht in revenue collected yearly from the army-run businesses may have gone unannounced. Jirat was responding to allegations that he had forged an official document, called Sor Dor 43, […]
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