POLICE arrested an employee of a top airline based at Suvarnabhumi Airport on the charges of having sex with a 15-year-old teen boy at a bathroom within the airport, Amarin TV said this evening (Sep. 30). Pol. Lt. Col. Monchailuang Prasert, a Provincial Police Region 1 inspector, together with a team from Suvarnabhumi Airport
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Thai owner of shop in Iceland shows Senator Pornthip the door
SENATOR Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunan is in the eye of social media storm today (Sep. 30) after a TikTok video went viral showing a Thai man telling a woman with colourful hair to leave his shop in Reykjavík, Iceland, because he does not like what she did to Thailand, and it was later confirmed that
Read moreAppeals Court rejects Anon’s bail request in Section 112 case
PROMINENT activist lawyer Anon Nampha who last Tuesday (Sep. 26) was entenced to four years in jail without parole and fined 20,000 baht for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, and the Emergency Decree over demonstrations in 2020 had his request for temporary release on bail rejected
Read moreNo current talks with Taliban, Afghanistan’s Massoud says, promising guerrilla warfare
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Paris – There are no talks with the Taliban to negotiate a peace settlement, Afghan anti-Taliban leader said on Thursday (Sep. 28), vowing to step up “guerrilla warfare” to bring the hardline Islamists to the negotiating table. Speaking in an interview in Paris, Massoud, the exiled leader of
Read moreEx-Democrat deputy leader gets 4 years’ jail in sexual harassment case
FORMER Democrat Party deputy leader Prinn Panichphakdi was today (Sep. 29) sentenced to six years in jail, but this reduced to four years, plus told to pay 2 million baht compensation to his sexual harassment victim Mrs. Hathairat Thanakitamnuay, or Anna, wife of wealthy protester Mr. Thanat Thanakitamnuay, or Hiso Luknut, Matichon newspaper and
Read moreSrettha receives complaints from local people during Phuket visit
UPON arriving in Phuket this afternoon (Sep. 29) for a briefing on the construction of a key interchange on this tourist island Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin also received some complaints from local residents which he said he will look into and legally try to resolve, Naewna newspaper said. While heading for the briefing on
Read moreVictim warns public to beware of power bill scammers
A WOMAN living in Bueng Kan province who lost over 30,000 baht in an electricity bill scam issued a warning for others to be careful and not fall for such tricks, TV Channel 7 said today (Sep. 29. Ms. Orapin (surname withheld), 30, said on Sep. 22 a power bill from the Provincial Electricity
Read morePadipat ‘technically’ ousted from Move Forward as new opposition leader moves in
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY HOUSE SPEAKER Padipat Santipada was yesterday (Sep.28) “technically” ousted as a Move Forward member to give way for the naming of the newly-voted Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulanond as opposition leader. The Move Forward executive board resolved to “technically” oust Padipat as partisan member in accordance with the constitution
Read moreCourt drops murder charges against officials over vanished activist
By AFP and published by CNA A THAI court today (Sep. 28) dropped murder charges against four national park officials over the disappearance of an environmental activist almost a decade ago, but jailed one on a lesser offence. It was the latest twist in a long-running legal saga after ethnic Karen leader Porlajee Rakchongcharoen,
Read morePM forgoes own pay as donation for child care
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin has offered to forgo his monthly pay and to turn it into a donation for child care activity. Government spokesman Chai Wacharong confirmed today (Sep.28) that the prime minister has willingly offered to do without a total of 125,590 baht in monthly pay plus any allowances
Read moreFEATURE: The fourth generation of Soi Rajakrue figures has quietly come of age
By Out-Crowd IT HAS BEEN A QUARTER of a century since senior members of the Soi Rajakrue elite clique completely stopped playing the roles of a powerhouse over Thailand’s complicated, cloak-and-dagger politics due to the passing of former prime minister Chatichai Choonhavan in 1998. Now the fourth generation of Soi Rajakrue figures has virtually
Read moreIn major blow to TikTok, Indonesia bans e-commerce transactions on social media
By Reuters and published by CNA Jakarta – Indonesia has banned e-commerce transactions on social media platforms, the trade minister said on Wednesday (Sep. 27), in a blow to short video app TikTok, which is doubling down on Southeast Asia’s biggest economy to boost its e-commerce business. The government said the move, which takes
Read moreCourt orders compensation to Thanathorn over land title deed revocation
THE Central Administrative Court ordered the Land Department to pay Progressive Movement Chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit compensation totalling over 4.9 million baht at 3 percent annual interest for having revoked the title deeds of two plots of land in Ratchaburi, Thai Rath newspaper said. The court pointed out that while the department took the right
Read morePadipat pushes for Cloud servers system at parliament
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY HOUSE SPEAKER PADIPAT Santipada said today (Sep.27) he plans to push for use of a Cloud servers system at parliament. The deputy House speaker, who concurrently performs as a Move Forward MP of Phitsanulok, confirmed that he will put forward his initiative for the legislative branch to apply a
Read moreSrettha pays official visit to Cambodia
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin is paying an official visit to Cambodia tomorrow (Sep.28), according to government spokesman Chai Wacharong. The Thai prime minister is leaving for Phnom Penh tomorrow to meet with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet, among other high-level government officials. Cambodia becomes the first Asean member state to
Read moreThailand relaxes rules on non-resident baht transactions – cenbank
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S central bank said on Tuesday (Sep. 26) it was relaxing some foreign exchange rules for non-residents to improve the ease of doing business in the country. More flexibility will be given under the non-resident qualified company (NRQC) scheme, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) said in a statement.
Read moreSrettha downsizing army of officials accompanying him on provincial tour
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Sep.26) told all members of his cabinet to no longer manage to have too many government officials accompany him during his official trips to the provinces. Government spokesman Chai Wacharong quoted the prime minister as suggesting that all cabinet members no longer give orders for
Read more2.69 million farmers given one-year debt moratorium
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OVER 2.69 MILLION FARMERS currently indebted to the Bank for Agriculture & Agricultural Cooperatives have been granted a one-year moratorium, according to government spokesman Chai Wacharong. The cabinet today (Sep.26) approved the government’s measure to grant the one-year moratorium effective between Oct. 1, 2023 and Sep. 30, 2024 for more
Read moreAnon gets 4 years’ jail in Section 112 case, bail likely delayed
PROMINENT activist lawyer Anon Nampha was this morning (Sep. 26) given four years in jail and fined 20,000 baht for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, and the Emergency Decree over demonstrations in 2020 but bail request could take days to process, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr.
Read more18 hurt as electric bus with brake failure rams into 11 vehicles
AN ELECTRIC bus running along Rama 2 road this morning (Sep. 26) slammed into 11 vehicles that had stopped at a red light injuring 18 road users after the brakes failed, Thai Rath newspaper said. The bus, number 558, was heading from Thonburi Housing Authority to Suvarnabhumi Airport when it suddenly triggered the pileup
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