By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SUM OF FIVE MILLION BAHT in cash bribe was alleged today (Sep 2) to have been secretly offered to each government MP in exchange for their vote of confidence for an embattled Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. On a third day of censure debate against Prayut and five cabinet members, Pheu
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Pre-cadet applicants quizzed about LGBT, coups and pandemic crisis
By Thai Newsroom Reporters APPLICANTS for pre-cadet training were recently questioned about unbecoming subjects ranging from the LGBT to military coups and the Prayut government’s handling of the pandemic crisis. On a third day of censure debate against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five other cabinet members at parliament, Move Forward MP Phicharn Chaowapatanawong
Read moreInstagram went down globally for some hours, services now restored
By India Today and Siam Rath INSTAGRAM went down in several parts of the world due to unclear issues today (Sept. 2) including here in Thailand but services are now running again, India Today and Siam Rath newspaper said. According to Downdetector, the platform that keeps track of internet outages, the Instagram services went down
Read moreDaily Covid count up a little to 14,956, over 3,000 cases in Bangkok
THAILAND logged 14,956 new coronavirus cases today (Sept. 2), slightly higher than yesterday’s count of 14,802 cases, while there were 262 deaths, up from 252 yesterday, Siam Rath newspaper said. Consistent with the rest of the country the number of cases in Bangkok have also dropped but the total is still high reaching 3,322 today,
Read moreRussian arrested in Koh Samui drug party raid
KOH SAMUI police last night (Sept. 1) arrested a Russian man at a villa where a party was under way and drugs were to be sold to the foreigners attending it, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said this morning. Surat Thani Immigration police joined Bo Phut police in raiding the villa rented by the
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