THE seizure of over 1.4 million methamphetamine (yaba) pills in northern Lampang province yesterday (Nov. 25) showed that they are a new type of the drug being darker and smaller with this indicating that they are more potent than before, Amarin TV said today. Provincial Police Region 5 Commander Pol. Lt. Gen. Piya Tawichai
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Democracy summit snub due to poorly-implemented democratic rule: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND was not invited to a United States-hosted Summit for Democracy scheduled for next month apparently due to the country’s poorly-implemented democratic rule, said a noted critic today (Nov 26). Rangsit University’s Political and Development Research Centre director/former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn cited the Democracy Index compiled by The Economist
Read moreEntertainment venues to stay shut, emergency decree extended
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha said at noon today (Nov. 26) after presiding over a meeting of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee that it is still necessary to focus on enacting Covid Free Setting measures which is why entertainment venues have to still remain closed, Sanook.com said. However these entertainment venues
Read morePattaya music festival revellers told to quickly get tested for Covid
CHONBURI PROVINCIAL Public Health Office issued an urgent announcement on its Facebook page today (Nov.25) calling on people who attended the Pattaya Music Festival on Nov. 12-13 but were grouped together outside the event area to quickly undergo an antigen test for Covid-19 infection, Sanook.com said. The health office said many people outside the
Read morePolice say Red Bull heir hiding in Austria
THE HOUSE Committee for Police Affairs was today (Nov. 25) told by senior police officers that Red Bull heir Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya, who wanted in a hit-and-run incident that led to a policeman’s death in Bangkok on September 3, 2012, is believed to be hiding in Austria but budget problems prevent the sending of a
Read moreAnti-Prayut activists, academics, MPs alerted of hackers on their iPhone
By Thai Newsroom Reporters STREET ACTIVISTS, UNIVERSITY academics and opposition MPs critical of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha have been warned of unidentified hackers trying to access their iPhone data storage systems. House Committee on Political Development, Mass Communication and Public Participation Chairman Natcha Boonchai-insawat said today (Nov. 25) an estimated 20 political activists, academics
Read morePrayut mum on not being invited to US democracy summit
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Nov. 25) refused to comment on Thaiand not being invited to the Summit for Democracy US is holding next month, Amarin TV said. Reporters asked Prayut what signal is being given by US in not inviting Thailand to this summit just before he presided over a plaque award ceremony
Read moreVendor clad in revealing T-shirt an overnight sensation in Chiang Mai
PEOPLE IN Chiang Mai are flocking to buy Khanom Tokyo snack from a young woman who is only wearing a cleavage and midriff showing T-shirt and ripped jeans with the whole country agog at her revealing attire, Sanook.com said today (Nov. 24). Ms. Aranya Apiso, or Nong Olive, 23, said sales have skyrocketed at
Read morePrayut to be told to dissolve House if lack of quorum repeated: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha would be told to dissolve the House of Representatives and call a general election if lack of a quorum for House meetings repeatedly occurred, according to Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan. Prawit who concurrently performs as deputy premier was quoted as saying during yesterday’s (Nov.
Read moreHouse panel to quiz Police Chief over pub running illegally in front of HQ
A PALANG PRACHARATH Party MP who is chairman of a House of Representatives committee today (Nov. 24) called the National Police Chief to come in and give an explanation about several entertainment venues having reopened without permission in Bangkok with one doing so right in front of the police headquarters, Siam Rath newspaper said. Mr.
Read morePattaya gears up to close over 20,000 hospitel rooms
WITH THE number of Covid-19 patients having greatly decreased in Pattaya City, the administration is now moving to shut 1,600 hospitel rooms within the city and 20,000 others in other places, Siam Rath newspaper said today (Nov. 24). Mr. Manoch Nongyai, deputy mayor of Pattaya City, said the situation improved after a big vaccination
Read moreThaksin: Name of Prayut’s new party similar to Sudarat’s party
FORMER Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said this evening (Nov. 23) in a Clubhouse chat, where he uses the alias Tony Woodsome, that the name of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s new party is similar to one set up by former Pheu Thai Party heavyweight Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, Matichon newspaper said. At one point of his
Read moreMoken Sea Gypsy village locked down after more Covid cases emerge
SOUTHERN PHANG NGA province authorities today (Nov. 23) issued an order locking down a Moken Sea Gypsy village on one of the Surin islands after 15 more coronavirus cases were found there, Siam Rath newspaper said. As 22 out of a community of 328 Moken Sea gypsy folk living at Bon Bay tested positive
Read moreBenelux envoys sound out Pheu Thai Party about volatile political situation
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BENELUX ENVOYS TO THAILAND met with high-ranking members of Pheu Thai Party today (Nov. 23) to discuss the country’s volatile political situation and other topics of shared interest. Netherlands Ambassador Remco van Wijngaarden, Belgian Ambassador Sibille de Cartier d’Yves and Luxembourg Ambassador Jean-Paul Senninger held an informal talk on varied issues
Read moreRoads around Govt House closed as musicians show up to submit petition
WITH representatives of musicians showing up to submit a petition to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this morning (Nov. 23) police closed the roads around the Government House to ensure security, Thai Rath newspaper said. Gen. Prayut arrived at Government House at 9 a.m. to attend a Cabinet meeting scheduled for every Tuesday but roads
Read moreRung’s bail revoked in another lese majeste case
THE Criminal Court today (Nov. 22) revoked bail granted to protest leader Ms Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, in another Criminal Code Section 112 case, known as the lese majeste law, while tightening bail conditions for two other protest leaders, Thai Rath newspaper said. The prosecutors had asked the court to revoke bail for Rung,
Read moreAsean-China summit held without Myanmar, Malaysia says
By Reuters and Channel NewsAsia Kuala Lumpur – A summit between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) today (Nov. 22) was held without a representative from Myanmar, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said. The reason for the non-attendance was not immediately clear, and a spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government did not
Read moreArmy truck carrying gravel overturns after tyre explodes
AN ARMY truck transporting gravel from Saraburi province to Bangkok overturned in the middle of a road in Pathum Thani province after the rear tyre exploded but fortunately the lone soldier driving the vehicle was not injured, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Nov. 22). At 2 p.m. Pol.Maj. Singha Fuengkaew, a traffic inspector at Khlong Luang
Read moreAlmost 180 infected with Covid-19 at police training centre
WITH almost 180 student officers at Provincial Police Training Centre Region 7 at Ratchaburi province having all got infected with coronavirus in one go, their families wonder how this could have happened when these students have not been out of the compound for five months while also concerned about the medical treatment they will
Read more2 held in seizure of large cache of weapons in Kanchanaburi
A RAID on a resort in Kanchanaburi province led to the seizure of 111 homemade pistols and war weapons as well as 1,320 rounds of ammunition of various calibre with a couple who claimed to be the caretakers of the premises being arrested, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (Nov. 21). Provincial Police Region 7
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