A DRUG addict desperate for cash to fund his habit confessed to stealing three top-up machines, two in Khon Kaen city and one at a Kalasin district, getting several thousand baht from each of them, Khaosod newsapaper reported this evening (Sept. 24, 2020). Pol. Col. Anusak Sakdawatcharanon, head of Nam Phong station at Khon Kaen,
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Mob gathers at Parliament to push for constitution amendment
WITH the joint Senate and House of Representatives session to vote on six constitution amendment motions today (Sept. 24), the Free Youth group and their allies flocked to the Parliament building in to pile on the pressure for key constitution change, INN News reported. Aside from the Free Youth group, other demonstrators were from Thammasat
Read moreMyanmar’s ‘maximum containment’ Covid plan pushed to brink as virus surges
By Reuters, published by Yahoo News Yangon – Myanmar has quarantined tens of thousands of people to prevent a coronavirus outbreak from overwhelming its fragile healthcare system but public health experts and doctors say the strategy is on the brink of collapse as infections surge. The Southeast Asian nation is housing more than 45,000 people,
Read moreMan yearning for a son kills his newborn daughter
A THAI man of Chinese descent was arrested in Chiang Mai last night (Sept. 23) on the charges of killing his seven-day-old daughter after deep disappointment that she was not born a boy as he had so yearned for, Thai Rath newspaper reported today. Pol. Col. Kittipong Phetchamunee, head of Chang Phueak station, arrested Mr.
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