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Iraqi man faints upon being caught overstaying more than 8 years

  AN IRAQI man who overstayed in Thailand for more than eight years fainted when Chonburi Immigration and Pattaya police showed up at his house to arrest him today (Mar. 28), Naewna newspaper said. Pol.Col. Prinya Klinkasorn, head of Chonburi Immigration police, said the Iraqi man, identified as Mr. Khalid Majeed Ali, 52, had hidden

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Prayut, Paetongtarn, Settha skipping party-listed mode

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha will be nowhere on the Ruam Thai Sang Chart party list of electoral candidates running for MP whilst seeking to retain power under the ultra-conservative party’s banners in the May 14 general election, partisan sources confirmed today (Mar.28). Neither will Paetongtarn Shinawatra or Settha Taweesin

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Thaksin might be detained in hospital or nursing home instead of prison: Academic

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPOSED PRIME MINISTER Thaksin Shinawatra might probably be detained in a hospital or nursing home instead of being imprisoned in jail after he has returned home from self-exile abroad, according to a noted academic. Thanaporn Sriyakul, head of Kasetsart University’s Political Science Association, remarked that Thaksin who has earlier offered

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