By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE THAN 500 PRO-DEMOCRACY adolescents have been arrested on politically related charges since the Free Youth movement started in 2020, a human rights report says. According to the Centre for Thai Lawyers for Human Rights’s report released today (Sept. 20) to ironically mark the National Youth Day, a total of 563
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Thief dressed as food delivery rider steals 3.4m baht payroll
CHONBURI POLICE are chasing a thief dressed as a food delivery rider who stole 3.4 million baht payroll after picking a fight with one of two employees of a company who had just withdrawn the cash to pay wages, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Sept. 20). Pol. Col. Tawee Kudthang, head of Ban Bueng
Read moreCabinet approves additional budget for 6 movies shot in Thailand
THE CABINET today (Sept. 20) approved an additional 212 million baht from this year’s budget reserved for emergencies and necessary expenses to cover a shortfall in the promotion of the shooting of six foreign movies in Thailand with these scheduled to be released this year, INN News said. Ms. Traisulee Traisornkul, deputy spokesperson for
Read moreNot yet time for Palang Pracharath to start campaigning: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Sept. 20) commented that the time for the largest coalition partner to go on an electoral campaign trail anywhere has not arrived yet. Prawit categorically dismissed criticism that he and his Palang Pracharath Party had already managed to woo popularity among
Read moreAnother gigantic roadside sign featuring Prawit spotted in Buengkarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANOTHER COLOSSAL ROADSIDE sign featuring caretaker Prime Minister-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan has been spotted in downtown Buengkarn with an attached note literally soliciting legal leniency for its existence. The vinyl billboard features an enlarged picture of the mask-wearing Prawit, the ruling party’s logo and catchphrases about a watershed
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