By BBC INDIA and Canada have expelled their top envoys along with other diplomats as the row intensifies over last year’s assassination of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil. Trudeau said his government responded after police began pursuing credible allegations that Indian agents were directly involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Canadian
Month: October 2024
Facebook page says iCon audio clip reveals boss lobbied politician to hush up trouble in 2022
A POPULAR Facebook page revealed the background of a conversation in an audio clip which surfaced today (Oct. 14) where the big boss of The iCon Group is allegedly heard lobbing a politician for help over complaints filed by investors who lost money in his direct sales business saying this took place in 2022
Read morePolice vehicle damaged in Yala bombing
SOUTHERN insurgents detonated a bomb just as a police vehicle drove past a road in Raman district of Yala province today (Oct. 14) damaging it but there were no casualties, Naewna newspaper said. At 9.38 a.m. 191 Emergency Call Centre at Yala provincial police headquarters was informed of the bomb explosion with shrapnel damaging
Read morePolice urged to probe 100 direct sales companies amid iCon Group scandal
THE CENTRAL Investigation Bureau today (Oct. 14) received a complaint to investigate a hundred direct sales companies, both Thai and foreign, after The iCon Group landed in trouble as some investors have complained they have lost hundreds of thousands and up to millions of baht upon investing in the company, Amarin TV said today
Read moreHeard but not heeded: An 8th anniversary tribute to His Majesty King Rama IX the Great
OCTOBER 13, 2024, marks the 8th death anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great, the country’s longest reigning monarch, (June 9, 1946 – October 13, 2016), known as the “Development King” and curator of the visionary nation-building formula known as the “Sufficiency Economy Philosophy,” long before the MDGs and SDGs came along.
Read moreChuan blasts Pisal over Tak Bai case: ‘Why flee if you are not guilty?’
FORMER prime minister and Democrat party-list MP Chuan Leekpai lambasted Gen.Pisal Watanwongkhiri, who was in charge of the Fourth Army Region when the Tak Bai manslaughter occurred in 2004, for not showing up in court to fight the case saying this leads to people in the South believing he is guilty, Naewna newspaper said
Read moreHeavy traffic jam as crowds flock to see another cute baby pygmy hippo
NO less cute than world-famous baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi is Moo Duang at Khon Kaen Zoo with there being a seven-kilometre-long traffic jam on Mitraphab road as tourists flocked to see this little one’s playful antics today (Oct. 13), Amarin TV said. With today being His
Read morePregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Thirteen pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth, a senior Interior Ministry official said Saturday. Interior Ministry Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng, who leads the country’s
Read moreArmy, navy urged to stop deducting over 30% of indebted soldiers’ salary
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ARMY AND NAVY were today (Oct. 12) repeatedly called on to stop deducting more than 30% of the salary of low-ranking servicemen to repay part of their debt owed to army or navy savings cooperatives. House Armed Services Committee Chair Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, a People’s Party MP, said it is
Read moreiCon Group CEO Boss Paul shows up to testify
AMID mounting pressure from investors who complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to millions of baht after investing in The iCon Group, the company’s CEO Mr. Woratphon Waratvorakul, or Boss Paul, today (Oct. 12) showed up at Consumer Protection Police headquarters to testify, Naewna and Thai Rath newspapers
Read moreSofitel marks 60th anniversary with masterpiece painting-cum-poetry exhibition in Bangkok
THAILAND’S status as an Alliance of Civilisations destinations has been embellished by a sensitively curated exhibition of paintings and poems in Thai, English and French on display at the Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit, the flagship Thai property of the Accor group. Part of a worldwide 60th anniversary commemoration of the Sofitel brand, the exhibition is
Read moreS.Korean doctor nabbed in raid on city-centre clinic
A SOUTH Korean doctor working in Thailand with a proper licence was arrested at a beauty clinic in the heart of Bangkok just as he was treating a patient, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Oct. 11). Dr. Phanuwat Panket, head of Department of Health Services, and representatives from the Medical Council of Thailand
Read moreOfficials raid iCon Group office after investors ask for help
A TEAM from the Office of Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) raided the office of The iCon Group to check the products after some people filed complaints with police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and upto millions of baht after investing in this company, Amarin TV said today (Oct. 11). While reporters waited
Read moreThailand elected UN Human Rights panel member despite questions
THAILAND was elected by the UN General Assembly as one of 18 new members of the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday even though questions have arisen over human rights issues in the country with many violations committed by state officials, Thai Rath newspaper said yesterday (Oct. 10). Thailand received 177 votes by secret ballot
Read morePita urges all parties to amend charter after latest case against Pheu Thai
FORMER leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limcharoenrat, which was dissolved by court but reborn as People’s Party, today (Oct.10) urged all parties to amend the constitution after a lawyer petitioned the Constitutional Court to end alleged “erosive” acts by Pheu Thai and the party’s de facto boss Thaksin Shinawatra, Naewna newspaper said late
Read moreThaksin, Pheu Thai to face freshly fueled accusations in court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra and the largest ruling party have been formally accused of illicitly perpetrating “erosive” acts which could possibly lead to a court-dissolution of the party or otherwise prompt an undermining of democratic rule. A fresh lawsuit against the billionaire power player and his camp
Read moreThai consumer confidence falls to 17-month low in September
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report THAI consumer confidence dropped for a seventh consecutive month in September to its lowest level in 17 months, due mainly to concerns about slow economic growth and floods in parts of the country, a survey showed today (Oct. 10). The consumer index of the
Read moreThaksin, Newin bury the hatchet, build up mutual harmony: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra and de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob would have likely patched up their differences and now looking to building up mutual harmony between their coalition partners, commented a noted academic today (Oct. 9). Suriyasai Katasila, dean of Rangsit University’s College of Leadership &
Read moreBitcoin mining dens that stole 100m baht of electricity raided
A TEAM of Department of Special Investigation (DSI) police together with Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) officials raided houses and commercial buildings at several locations across Kanchanaburi that had been turned into Bitcoin mining dens and effectively stolen over 100 million baht in electricity annually, PPTVHD36 said today (Oct. 9). The raid followed a complaint
Read moreMinistry monitoring outbreak of unknown disease in Afghanistan
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said today (Oct. 9) that it is closely monitoring the outbreak of an unidentified disease in Afghanistan with airlines alerted to take action, TV Channel 7 said. This outbreak has claimed at least two lives and infected more than 500 others in eastern Afghanistan’s Parwan province, Afghan news website Afintl.com
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