WATER meter thieves struck again in southern Hat Yai city stealing the devices from 13 houses with local police admitting that they have been receiving reports of such thefts occurring in many areas, TV Channel 7 and MNG Online said today (Dec. 2). Residents of 13 houses in Soi 3 and 5 off Rat
Month: December 2023
Corrections Dept told to not handle a house arrest for Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT has been advised to never manage a house arrest for de facto Pheu Thai boss/convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra so that he could otherwise literally stay at home in lieu of a prison. Former Democrat MP Thepthai Senapong today (Dec.2) posted on his Facebook page to express
Read more22,000 people claim carrying loan shark debts in single day
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 22,000 PEOPLE nationwide have individually claimed in a single day to be owing illicit debt to loan sharks, Sutthipong Juljaroen, undersecretary of interior, confirmed today (Dec.2). A total of about 22,090 people from all regions of the country yesterday notified the authorities of the illicit, informal debt
Read moreFemale worker died after wall collapses in house being renovated
A YOUNG female worker died at around noon today (Dec. 1) after a wall in a two-storey house in the On Nut area of Bangkok which she and her teammates were renovating suddenly collapsed, Amarin TV said this evening. A team from Prawet police station rushed to inspect the house in Soi On Nut
Read more39 foreign tourists escape bus blaze
THIRTY-NINE French tourists travelling in a tour bus to a restaurant in Kanchanaburi for lunch today (Dec. 1) narrowly escaped after the large vehicle’s rear engine caught fire with the driver unaware of the looming disaster and only stopped upon being alerted by a passing motorist, Naewna newspaper said. A 11.30 a.m. just as
Read moreAnti-loan sharks campaign means no waiver of debt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED GOVERNMENT’S all-out campaign against illicit, informal money lending will by no means result in any waiver of debt but will foster compromise and negotiations between loan sharks and those who currently owe them, according to Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Anutin pointed out today (Dec.1) that
Read moreAdministrative Court to judge whether Thaksin is clinically or ‘politically’ ill
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT WILL be shortly petitioned to judge whether de facto Pheu Thai boss/convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra is clinically or “politically” ill. Political activist Srisuwan Janya confirmed today (Dec.1) he will shortly file a petition to the Administrative Court in search of a ruling on whether the de
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