Former ministers, senior officials face charges of defrauding Thai berry pickers
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has decided to file charges against two former ministers and two senior Labour Ministry officials over human trafficking Thais who had gone to work in Finland as wild berry pickers and being linked to the wrongful collection of 3,000 baht from each of them to do so for […]
Read MoreHouse committee members barred from visiting Thaksin in person
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE on Police Affairs are being allowed to visit de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra at Police Hospital as planned for tomorrow (Jan.12). Police Hospital spokesperson Sirikul Srisanga said today no members of the House panel, headed by Democrat MP Chaichana Dejdecho, are being […]
Read MoreFarmers now forbidden from drying rice on roads
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RICE FARMERS ARE NO LONGER allowed to literally put their product to dry on the surface of rural roads anywhere or else they could be immediately arrested, a government official confirmed today (Jan.11). The Rural Roads Department has issued a regulation to terminate the common practice of literally strewing the […]
Read MoreNew Covid JN.1 strain sweeping Thailand
A PROMINENT virologist said this morning (Jan. 11) that a new Covid-19 strain, JN.1, has now taken hold in Thailand and is turning into the most widespread variant as it is highly contagious and this leading to a spike in the number of patients, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre […]
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