No Songkran holiday for rescuers at collapsed building
WHILE the whole country is now celebrating Songkran Festival the large team searching for victims of the collapsed State Audit building continues working and as of 4 p.m. today (Apr. 12) of the total of 103, 35 have been confirmed to have died, with eight more bodies found since yesterday, nine injured and 59 […]
Read MoreBMA continues removing collapsed building debris, still hoping for survivors
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipant said today (Apr. 9) that the operation to clear the State Audit building which collapsed during the March 29 earthquake is continuing with the goal now being to remove as much of concrete slabs and debris from Zone E, which is right on top, as possible with this expected to […]
Read MorePetitioner Srisuwan, pro-Prayut party members bailed out in bribe-taking case
BOTH prolific petitioner and two members of Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, largely viewed as de facto led by former prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, were bailed out after being arrested in a bribe-taking sting operation, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Jan. 27). Having consistently denied bribery charges during nine hours of interrogation by Anti-Corruption […]
Read MorePro-Prayut party distances itself from arrest of key member in bribe-taking sting
RUAM Thai Sang Chart Party, largely viewed as de facto led by former prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, quickly distanced itself from the arrest of a key member in a sting operation that netted high-profile prolific petitioner Mr. Srisuwan Janya on bribe-taking charges, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said this evening (Jan. 26). Police […]
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