By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin is desperately talking Prime Minister’s Office Minister Pichit Chuenban into calling it quits very shortly to dampen a fresh impeachment bid lodged by senators against the both of them, a partisan source said today (May 20). The Pheu Thai-attached prime minister who is currently on official
Day: May 20, 2024
Pichit dismisses hearsay on resigning to head off impeachment bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE Minister Pichit Chuenban today (May 20) categorically dismissed hearsay he has just called it quits in the face of an impeachment bid recently lodged against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and himself. The Pheu Thai-attached Pichit told reporters at Government House he is not going to resign as
Read moreThanathorn’s brother given jail sentence for attempted payoff
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SAKULTHORN JUANGROONGRUANGKIT, brother of Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, was today (May 20) handed a six-month jail sentence due to attempted bribery charges. The Criminal Court ruled Sakulthorn, CEO of Real Asset Development Co., was guilty of offering 20 million baht in kickback cash to government officials and brokers in
Read moreDeceased activist’s lawyer sets 4-day deadline to hand over video clips
THE LAWYER for woman activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom who died while holding a hunger strike during detention at a Bangkok prison said this afternoon (May 20) that he has received a report on her medical treatment at the Corrections Department hospital five days before she passed away but as video clips have not been
Read morePM aiming to build FI race track near U-Tapao airport by 2027
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin said after visiting the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, or Imola Circuit, race track at Bologna, Italy, that Thailand should have a suitable race track of its own for Formula 1 tournament and one could be built near U-Tapao Airport by 2027 or 2028 at the latest, Naewna newspaper
Read moreHelicopter carrying Iran’s President Raisi crashes, search under way
By Agencies and published by CNA Dubai – A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday (May 19) as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident. The official said the lives
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