By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER PITA Limjaroenrat has remained as the top favourite among all partisan candidates for prime minister after the May 14 general election, according to the NIDA Poll released today (May 3). The third round of the NIDA Poll, conducted between Apr.24 and Apr.28 with a total of 2,500
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Update: Arrest warrant out for cyanide case suspect’s policeman ex-husband
THE COURT has approved an arrest warrant for a policeman, who is the former husband of cyanide serial killings suspect, on three charges – joint embezzlement, joint fraud and forgery of documents, Sanook.com said today (May 3). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, nicknamed Big Joke, confirmed that the court had approved
Read morePotassium cyanide in 3 tea bags found in suspect’s car: Academic
AN ACADEMIC at Kasetsart University’s Chemistry Department said this morning (May 3) forensic examination had found potassium cyanide, a compound with the formula KCN, in three sachets that look like tea bags found in a sedan driven by Ms. Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn, or Am, a suspect in the cyanide killing of 14 victims, with one
Read moreOver 8.5 million foreign tourists so far, spending tops 355 billion baht
THAILAND welcomed a total of 8,596,452 foreign tourists during the first four months this year with total expenditure reaching 353.331 billion baht amid an increase in arrivals from Asean countries, East and South Asia plus Africa last week, Matichon newspaper said today (May 1). Statistics revealed by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports show
Read moreCourt rescinds polling agency’s ban on ex-Democrat MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (May 2) rescinded the Election Commission’s decision to ban a former Democrat MP from contesting the May 14 general election in Nakhon Nayok. The Supreme Court overruled the order earlier given by the Election Commission’s branch office in charge of Constituency 2 of the central province
Read more‘Policeman’ faces arrest over cyanide killings
DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakparn said this afternoon (May 2) that a policeman has been found to be linked to the cyanide serial killings with a request for a warrant for his arrest being made soon while a company in Bangkok is suspected to have imported the lethal poison, Naewna newspaper
Read moreTikTok clip of Prayut’s traffic-halting motorcade gone viral
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FEW-MINUTE ROAD TRAFFIC halt by police in Songkhla to accommodate Sunday’s motorcade of caretaker prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has exponentially gone viral online. A TikToker who happened to be among those motorists being temporarily stopped on the southern road by the local police produced a clip online to show
Read moreBiden: US-Philippines ‘ironclad’ partners amid China tension
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Washington – US President Joe Biden reiterated US commitment to the Philippines’ security and noted the “deep friendship” of the two nations as he welcomed Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for White House talks on Monday (May 1) as concerns grow about the Chinese navy’s harassment of Philippine
Read moreDemand for 712 baht minimum wage nationwide at May Day rally
IN MARKING International Workers’ Day, often referred to as May Day, a network of Thai workers staged a rally at gate number five of the Government House calling for an equal minimum wage of 712 baht nationwide among other demands, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. Mr. Mongkolchai Samudon, deputy permanent secretary of the Prime
Read moreThaksin vows again to return home upon birth of 7th grandchild
By Thai Newsroom Reporters GLOBETROTTING FORMER prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has tweeted to repeat that he is coming back home to literally babysit the seventh of his grandchildren who was born today (May 1). Thaksin, invariably viewed as de facto Pheu Thai party boss who has been living in self-exile overseas following the 2006
Read morePolice raid Indian casino at Pattaya hotel amid claims of a big bribe being paid
SCORES of Indian gamblers were rounded up in a raid on a well-known Pattaya hotel soon after midnight (May 1) with a conference hall having been turned into a casino and over 200 million baht found in circulation while the tour operator claimed to have paid 2.4 million baht bribe, Amarin TV said. Pol.
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