By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha was today (July 21) held accountable for the alleged use of spyware data hacking systems against his political opponents and critics. During the third day of the four-day censure debate at parliament, Move Forward MP Pijarn Chaopattanawong alleged that Prayut had managed to use spyware systems called
Month: July 2022
Chadchart apologises for floods, tells people to head home early
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt apologised to residents of Bangkok for the flooding in many areas today (July 21) and urged people to hurry back home this evening especially those living in the eastern zone, Sanook.com said. The apology was issued after heavy rain last night continued till the early hours of this morning leading
Read moreInterpol issues red notice for Thai woman, Singaporean husband in 800m baht fraud case
THAI police are following up on the international hunt for a Thai woman and her Singaporean husband for whom Interpol has issued a red notice after 180 victims of their alleged luxury bags and watches fraud with losses totalling over 800 million baht had filed complaints with Singaporean police, Naewna newspaper said today (July
Read moreVarsity suspends lectures for a day after torrential rain
RAMKHAMHAENG University issued an announcement on its Facebook page today (July 21) cancelling lectures at both its campuses for a day after continuous all-night rain led to flooding inside and outside the compound, Naewna newspaper said. Students were told both the campus at Ramkhamhaeng road and the one in Bangna had been affected. Khlong
Read morePrawit’s coup remark triggers laughter during censure debate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A RARE, SPONTANEOUS remark made by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan during today’s (July 20) censure debate instantly sent most MPs bursting into laughter. Prawit rose to his feet on a raised platform in the parliament chamber to not only deny that he was in any way involved in the 2014
Read moreThai cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex suspends withdrawals
THAI cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex paused withdrawals of Thai baht and cryptocurrencies this evening (July 20) citing market volatility and financial problems caused by major business partners, Naewna newspaper said. The company tweeted this message at 5. 15 p.m.: “Due to a combination of circumstances beyond our control including volatile market conditions, and the resulting
Read morePhuket holds tsunami evacuation drills to be fully prepared
TSUNAMI evacuation drills were held in two Phuket districts today (July 20) to prepare both main and supporting agencies for disaster management and the people on what to do in case of this eventuality, Matichon newspaper said. As many as 40 earthquakes of 4.0 – 4.9 magnitude occurred in the Andaman Sea off Andaman and
Read moreThaksin quickly lashes back at Prayut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SELF-EXILED former premier Thaksin Shinawatra reconfirmed yesterday (July 19) he will certainly return home after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had just dared the Pheu Thai Party to bring him back. In response to Prayut’s sarcasm made during the first day of a four-day censure/no-confidence motion yesterday, Thaksin reassured his terminal
Read moreUS names Thai woman a ‘TIP Hero’ while moving the country up a notch
THAILAND moved up a notch in the US State Department’s Trafficking In Person (TIP) Report, climbing to Tier 2 from the Tier 2 Watch List last year, while a Thai woman was among six “TIP Heroes” 2022 chosen for the honour from around the world, Matichon newspaper quoted VOA Thai-language service as saying today
Read moreQR code scanning for Covid treatment introduced to cope with spike in Bangkok
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry has come up with a new way to treat Covid patients amid the recent jump in the number of cases in Bangkok by allowing those with mild symptoms or are asymptomatic to scan a QR code to access online treatment without having to go to the hospital and medicine then
Read moreNetflix tests another way to charge for password sharing
By Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, published by MSN News NETFLIX Inc. will ask customers in five Latin America countries to pay a fee if they want to use their account in an additional home, a test the company hopes will generate additional revenue by getting customers to pay to share their Netflix account. Customers in Argentina,
Read morePrayut dares Pheu Thai Party to bring Thaksin back home
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (July 19) dared the rank and file of Pheu Thai Party to bring back home their de facto leader/former premier Thaksin Shinawatra from self-exile overseas. During the first day of a censure/no-confidence motion against him and 10 other cabinet members, Prayut struck back at the opposition
Read more‘Big Joke’ probing 6 million baht bribe paid by British detainee
HEADING to northern Mae Hong Son province today (July 19) was Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachet Hakphan, or Big Joke, assistant to the National Police Chief, to investigate fraud charges against a police officer, who was his classmate at the police academy, in allegedly taking a 6 million baht bribe from a British detainee to
Read morePegasus phone spyware used to target 30 Thai activists, cyber watchdogs say
By Reuters and published by CNA plus The FCPA Blog AT LEAST 30 Thai political activists have been hacked using Israeli surveillance spyware Pegasus, according to a joint investigation by human rights and cyber monitoring groups, which suspect the attacks were launched locally. The probe by Thai human rights group iLaw, Southeast Asian internet watchdog
Read moreRural doctors: Big shortage of Covid drugs
MEMBERS of the Rural Doctor Society revealed in the group’s Facebook page chat today (July 18) that there is now a big shortage of two key Covid medicines, Favipiravir and Molnupiravir, despite the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) saying there is no scarcity, Sanook.com said. The rural doctors said supply is so limited that one
Read moreThai company acquires major European recycling company
SCG Packaging Plc (SCGP) has acquired 100% stake in Peute Recycling B.V. (Peute), the largest independent paper and plastic processor in the Netherlands, with this purchase now successfully completed, Matichon newspaper said today (July 18). SCGP paid 78.19 million euros or approximately 2.875 billion baht for the acquisition of this Dutch company through its wholly
Read moreChadchart: Film, music festivals not triggering new Covid clusters
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt today (July 18) said that no new Covid clusters had been created through the holding of movie and music festivals in the capital after the Public Health Ministry asked Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to reduce large-scale events, Sanook.com The ministry’s Permanent Secretary Kiattipoom Wongrachit urged BMA to reduce such large-scale
Read moreArmy trailer-truck carrying crashed chopper in another crash
AN ARMY trailer-truck carrying the wreckage of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashlanded at a rubber plantation in Songkhla, injuring seven soldiers including an army general on Friday (July 15), was this evening (July 17) involved in another accident hitting a tow truck that swerved onto its path to avoid hitting a pickup
Read moreActivists hold unofficial vote for or against Prayut government in many provinces
THE PRO-DEMOCRACY RATSADON Group (People’s Party) organised political activity in 34 provinces where people could cast a vote of either confidence or no confidence in the Prayut government ahead of the marathon censure/no-confidence debate taking place in Parliament from Tuesday July 19 till Friday July 22, Matichon newspaper. In Bangkok voting stations were set up
Read moreNew type of teddy bear aphrodisiacal ecstasy pills seized at border
A PARAMILITARY unit together with border anti-narcotics officers seized a large amount of a new type of ecstasy pill cutely shaped like a teddy bear but having aphrodisiacal properties as well as some strong sleeping tablets on the Thai bank of Mekong river in Nakhon Phanom province last night (July 16), Sanook.com said today. Col.
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