SOON after Move Forward Party declined to support Pheu Thai’s prime-ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin the latter camp’s leader Chonlanan Srikaew said MPs attending a meeting today (Aug. 15) had decided to continue nominating him to take the helm of the government, Naewna newspaper said. It is expected that the next House/Senate meeting to vote
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13 fake pharmacists held in raid on drugstores
IN A raid on 14 pharmacies across Bangkok 13 unlicensed pharmacists were arrested on charges of selling cough syrup to teenagers that at very high doses can mimic the effects of illegal drugs ketamine, TV Channel 7 said today (Aug. 15). The Consumer Protection Police Division and Food and Drug Administration had from July
Read moreSrettha alleged of involvement in another property trading scam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters REAL ESTATE TYCOON-TURNED-Pheu Thai prime-ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin was again today (Aug.15) doubted he would ever run the country on basis of honesty and good governance, given allegations of his previous involvement in a suspected scam over a mega-million-baht property dealing. In a press conference at a Bangkok hotel, political
Read morePita asks if suspending him as MP is fair
MOVE FORWARD leader Pita Limjaroenrat questioned in a Facebook post last night (Aug. 14) whether it is fair for the Constitutional Court to have ordered him to stop performing as an MP until it rules on a petition filed against him by the Election Commission for holding 00.0035% shares in non-operating ITV channel, TV
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