By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER POLICE CHIEF Chakthip Chaijinda today (Nov. 1) opted out of Bangkok’s gubernatorial election which would otherwise pit him against a fellow police general, incumbent Governor Aswin Kwanmuang. Chakthip told some 50 candidates who will contest for members of the Bangkok Metropolitan Council that he has decided to drop out of
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Activist group’s leader files complaint over alleged police brutality
THE leader of We Volunteer (WeVo) activist group together with the victim of alleged police brutality and a lawyer filed a complaint for legal action against the police team involved in the incident that took place in front of Din Daeng police station on Oct. 29, Siam Rath newspaper said today (Nov. 1) Mr.
Read moreEmergency room doctor blasted for refusing to treat sick woman
A VIDEO CLIP shared on Thai social media by a woman whose mother was gravely ill showing an emergency room doctor at Chiang Dao Hospital, in Chiang Mai province, refusing to treat her and telling them to go home has gone viral and attracted a lot of criticism, Amarin TV said. The five-minute-long clip
Read moreWelcome to Thailand! Tourists from 26 countries flying in during Nov. 1-5
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said today (Nov. 1) the first day of the reopening of the country to tourists from 63 countries who are exempted from Covid quarantine that arrivals from 26 countries are expected during Nov. 1-5, Sanook.com said. Air ticket reservations as of October 29, 2021 show 21,316 foreign
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