Ex-deputy House speaker politically banned for life due to illegal forest land grab
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER DEPUTY House speaker Supachai Bhosu was today (June 11) judged guilty of illegally occupying forest land in his native province of Nakhon Panom and was immediately deprived of electoral candidacy rights as well as banned from assuming political positions for life. The Supreme Court ruled Supachai, also known as […]
Read MorePolice hunting for foreign couple for abandoning baby who died
POLICE have identified and are chasing a European man and an African American woman for abandoning a baby girl under a rain tree in Udon Thani found by three boys fishing in a drainage canal being bluish-green in colour and unresponsive with a policeman then attempting CPR before transporting her to Udon Thani Hospital […]
Read MoreIsraeli man nabbed in Koh Phangan nominee crackdown
AN ISRAELI man was arrested as soon as he arrived at Koh Samui Airport this morning (June 10) on charges of using Thai nominees to buy a plot of land on Koh Phangan, TV Channel 7 said. The arrest of Mr. Eden Alisa, 30, is part of an operation to dismantle illegal nominee networks […]
Read MorePanic at Patong beach as naked foreign woman runs into roughs seas ignoring red flag
A LIFEGUARD at Patong Beach in Phuket rushed to save a naked foreign woman who after assaulting a massage parlour employee ran to the beach, grabbed a red warning flag and plunged into the rough seas, Amarin TV said today (June 10). A Facebook user named Sarid Pongpaew posted a video of the dramatic […]
Read MoreChina has delivered 39 T-59D tanks to Cambodia: Diplomat
CHINA today (June 9) confirmed that 39 T-59D tanks have been delivered to Cambodia with this being the first batch of 93 being sent to the neighbouring country as part of an annual military cooperation programme, Naewna newspaper said. Chinese Military Attaché Maj. Gen. Zhang Linhong unexpectedly paid a visit to the Defence Ministry […]
Read MoreParolee-turned-free Thaksin leaving for Dubai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra is departing for Dubai on the upcoming Friday with the parolee-turned-free man’s schedule to return home yet being undisclosed. It remains to be seen how long the de facto boss of the Pheu Thai, currently partner of the Bhumjaithai-led coalition government, may stay […]
Read More2 drug traffickers killed in fierce Chiang Mai clash
SOLDIERS from Pha Muang Task Force clashed with drug traffickers in Chiang Mai yesterday (June 8) killing two of them and seized a big quality of drugs while another team fought a different drug gang in Chiang Rai over the weekend and were able to seize 110 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, Naewna newspaper said. […]
Read MoreNACC, EC asked to probe ‘Do help the Blue’ scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A COUPLE OF “independent” agencies are being petitioned tomorrow (June 9) to look into allegations that Provincial Administration Department Director-General Narucha Kosacivilize had unlawfully, evidently instructed his subordinate officials such as one in Phuket to “Do help the Blue” pertaining to the ruling Bhumjaithai’s electoral campaign earlier this year. People’s […]
Read MoreAdministrative Court asked to rule over govt’s 18.8 billion baht add-on budget for the poor
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICE OF the Ombudsman was today (June 8) asked to forward a petition to the Administrative Court to judge whether the Bhumjaithai-led government could legitimately finance the state welfare card project for the poor with any portion of the yet-contentious 400 billion baht borrowed funding currently provided under an […]
Read MoreAcademic warns Bangkok to not be complacent after strong Philippines earthquake
AFTER a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Philippines island of Mindanao early this morning (June 8) killing 15 people and injuring over 100 a noted Thai academic warned that while short waves in the Philippines quake caused damage to low-rise buildings, Bangkok’s soft soil poses a risk of the metropolis being rocked by long […]
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