Phumtham leads raid on big gambling den in Don Mueang area
ACTING Prime Minister/Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai personally led a raid on a large gambling den in Don Mueang area that has a monthly turnover of 300 to 400 million baht with 200 punters rounded up, Amarin TV said this morning (Aug. 28).. This special operation, named Singh Prab Yot, was mounted by the Interior […]
Read MoreActing PM has no power to dissolve House: Council of State
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ACTING PRIME MINISTER Phumtham Wechayachai is by no means legally empowered to dissolve the House of Representatives to call a general election at any given time, according to a senior government official. Council of State Secretary-General Pakorn Nilprapan posted on his Facebook page today (July 7) to conclude that the […]
Read MorePaetongtarn fears court suspension as PM, plans to take culture portfolio
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra plans to assume the culture portfolio in concurrent fashion in the wake of the probability that she would be suspended by court from performing as head of government from next week, a partisan source said today (June 27). In case that Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto […]
Read MorePhutham denies Uyghurs issue led to him skipping trip to US
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai denied he is not part of the team still to visit US for the postponed tariff talks due to Thailand having deported 40 Uyghurs back to China stating that he has not received a letter banning his entry, Amarin TV said today (Apr. 23). Asked about Foreign Minister […]
Read MoreRangsiman mocks Phumtham’s drug suppression target
PEOPLE’S MP Rangsiman Rome mocked Deputy Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai’s goal to solve the drug trafficking problem in six months’ time saying he only give orders while this government has turned into one that is good at talking, Naewna newspaper said last evening (Dec.30). That the government has ordered drug suppression is nothing […]
Read MoreThaksin looks to take personal revenge on military top brass: Ex-NSC Chief
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has been accused of seeking to take personal revenge on military commanders by beginning with the naming his right-hand man Phumtham Wechayachai for defence minister, according to a retired army general. Paradorn Pattanathabutr, former secretary-general of the National Security Council who was previously […]
Read MoreEx-communist insurgent-turned-defence minister Phumtham unwelcomed by military
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NAMING OF PHUMTHAM Wechayachai for defence minister by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra was exponentially raising waves of unwelcoming sentiment and undesirable anguish among the military, either currently serving or retired, said former senator Somchet Boonthanom yesterday (Sept. 3). Somchet, a retired army general, accused the billionaire […]
Read MorePhumtham tipped to be named defence minister in Paetongtarn Cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHUMTHAM WECHAYACHAI, a right-hand man for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, is largely speculated to be named defence minister in an imminent Cabinet lineup. According to a partisan source, Thaksin has decided to replace Pheu Thai-attached Sutin Khlungsang, currently an acting defence minister, with Phumtham, an acting deputy […]
Read MorePhumtham threatens to sue critics over 10-year-old rice
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai today (May 14) threatened to take legal action against any critics who may continue to take him to task over his questionable sales promotion of the 10-year-old rice in government stock. Known as a right-hand man of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole […]
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