By Thai Newsroom Reporters ANOTHER LAWSUIT has been filed in pursuit of a court ruling to immediately depose Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of power on grounds of naming an allegedly dishonest, unethical Thavi Sodsong for a member of her cabinet. The so-called Khana Nitichon Cherdchutham legal activist group lodged the lawsuit to the Constitutional
Month: September 2024
Big lot of meth pills packed in bags stamped with Man Utd logo seized after clash
SOLDIERS seized one million methamphetamine pills after a clash with drug traffickers in Chiang Rai province with the drug packed in bags stamped with Manchester United Football Club logo, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 6). Col. Meechai Nilsat, deputy commander of Pha Muang task force, and Col. Nathee Thimsen, commander of Thap Chao Tak
Read morePaibul named Palang Pracharath secretary-general in place of Thammanat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAIBUL NITITAWAN was today (Sep. 6) named secretary-general of the Palang Pracharath, now the second largest opposition party, in place of Thammanat Prompao who has practically defected to the Pheu Thai, core of the current coalition. In today’s general caucus of the Palang Pracharath, 24 persons were named members of
Read moreSuper Typhoon Yagi slams southern China, shutting schools and cancelling flights
By Reuters – published by Yahoo!News and Thai Newsroom Hong Kong – Powerful gales and heavy rain from Super Typhoon Yagi drenched southern China today (Sep. 6), with schools shut for a second day and flights cancelled as one of the strongest storms to hit Asia this year headed for landfall along Hainan’s tropical
Read morePeople’s Party slams Constitutional Court’s budget
A PEOPLE’S Party MP lambasted a budget for a Constitutional Court course which allegedly did not meet the objective during the last day of deliberation of the 3.75 trillion baht 2025 budget legislation in the House of Representatives today (Sept. 5), Naewna newspaper said. Ms. Sasinan Thamnithinan, People’s Party MP for Bangkok, said the
Read moreFilipino held upon returning after stealing diamond necklace at store
A FILIPINO man wanted for stealing a diamond necklace at a department store earlier this year was arrested as soon as he landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport today (Sept. 5) with police suspecting he returned to steal more jewellery, Naewna newspaper said. The suspect, only identified as Mr. Rolly, 46, was arrested by Crime Suppression
Read moreFarmers, fishermen sue firm for importing havoc-wreaking blackchin tilapia fish
OVER 1,400 aquatic farmers and fishermen in Samut Songkhram province together with two networks today (Sept. 5) filed a lawsuit against a private company and nine of its executives for importing the havoc-wreaking blackchin tilapia fish from Ghana which is now causing severe ecological damage and ruined their livelihood, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper
Read moreOne dead in truck driver’s wild ride through city centre
A DELIRIOUS knife-wielding truck driver’s wild ride up and down Rama IV road then to Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, led to a couple riding a motorcycle being seriously injured and the man having now died, Amarin TV said this evening (Sept. 4). From 2 p.m. onwards four policemen riding two motorcycles chased the six-wheel
Read moreThaksin looks to take personal revenge on military top brass: Ex-NSC Chief
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has been accused of seeking to take personal revenge on military commanders by beginning with the naming his right-hand man Phumtham Wechayachai for defence minister, according to a retired army general. Paradorn Pattanathabutr, former secretary-general of the National Security Council who was previously
Read morePolice chase knife-wielding delirious truck driver on Rama IV road
FOUR policemen riding two motorcycles chased a knife-wielding driver of a six-wheel truck that does not have side panels up and down Rama IV road from 2 p.m. onwards today (Sept. 4) but he managed to drive off towards Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, TV Channel 3 Plus News said. The driver appeared to be
Read more‘Like father, like daughter and son’ features in Pheu Thai-led Cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NEW PHEU THAI-LED coalition government under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra remarkably features certain members of cabinet literally named in pure relation to hereditary factors. The most conspicuous among the hereditarily related ministers is Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss/billionaire power player Thaksin Shinawatra. The 38-year-old woman prime
Read moreEx-communist insurgent-turned-defence minister Phumtham unwelcomed by military
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NAMING OF PHUMTHAM Wechayachai for defence minister by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra was exponentially raising waves of unwelcoming sentiment and undesirable anguish among the military, either currently serving or retired, said former senator Somchet Boonthanom yesterday (Sept. 3). Somchet, a retired army general, accused the billionaire
Read moreCase against Swiss man charged with ‘kicking’ doctor dismissed
A THAI court has dismissed the case against a Swiss man who was accused by a Thai woman doctor of having kicked her as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket last February, Sanook.com and Naewna newspaper said today (Sept. 3). It was reported that the
Read moreMPs of same parties vote differently on budget bill
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a rare phenomenon at parliament, MPs attached to the same parties were practically divided whilst casting their vote on part of the 2025 budget legislation in the House of Representatives today (Sept. 3). During a second reading of a key section of the 3.75 trillion
Read moreChances of Pheu Thai being dissolved by court ‘slim and unlikely’: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHANCES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT dissolving the Pheu Thai, the largest ruling party covertly steered by the billionaire power player Thaksin Shinawatra, are ultimately slim and unlikely in foreseeable future, according to a noted academic. Chiang Mai University’s Humanities Faculty’s historian Attachak Satayanuruk predicted that the Constitutional Court will likely
Read moreBritish man held for running illegal beauty clinic on Koh Phangan
A COMPLAINT by a tourist led to the arrest of a British man who secretly ran a beauty clinic for botox injections and laser treatment on Koh Phangan today (Sept. 3) with equipment worth around 3.5 million baht seized, Naewna newspaper said. After the unidentified tourist who suffered some side effects including swelling and
Read moreDozen ministers-designate might bring adverse déjà vu to Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN NOTORIOUS ministers-designate are legally held “innocent” despite allegations of having perpetrated wrongdoings which are all to be finally judged by court, said deputy Pheu Thai leader/MP Chusak Sirinil today (Sept. 2). Chusak, reportedly named minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office in the latest cabinet lineup, was responding
Read moreScam alert: Don’t answer calls with three prefixes
POLICE warned the public to not answer calls with three prefixes, that is +697 +698 and +66, as they are definitely from scammers and dangerous, Sanook.com said today (Sept. 2), The Thai police and related agencies have strictly suppressed and cut off communication channels of call centre gangs and now they can no longer
Read moreYoung girl, dad killed after posting photo of new boyfriend on Facebook
A MYANMAR man who killed his 13-year-old former girlfriend and her father after she had posted a photo of her new boyfriend on Facebook page was today (Sept. 2) taken for crime reenactment in Mae Sot city, Tak province, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Cho, 24, had confessed to using a sharp object to
Read morePaetongtarn might lose PM status, Pheu Thai leadership in Srettha case aftermath
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA could possibly not only be deprived of premiership but Pheu Thai leadership in latest lawsuits filed against her as an aftermath of last month’s impeachment of her predecessor Srettha Thavisin. Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, could possibly be deprived of her prime-ministerial status
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