By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AD HOC COMMITTEE under the National Anti-Corruption Commission will be set up shortly to investigate allegations that a dozen government officials had unduly helped de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra stage a fake-out as a patient with “critical illnesses” at Police Hospital. The anti-graft agency has finally resolved
Day: December 16, 2024
Thai fishermen jailed in Myanmar will be pardoned: PM
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said the four Thai fishermen captured by Myanmar navy in an attack on Thai trawlers on Nov. 30 and now sentenced to four to six years in jail will be pardoned while confirming “good news” is still likely in the New Year, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Dec. 16). A
Read moreMalaysia PM appoints Thai heavyweight Thaksin his adviser on Asean
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today (Dec. 16) appointed Thailand’s billionaire political heavyweight and former premier Thaksin Shinawatra as his personal adviser for when he becomes chair of Southeast Asia’s regional bloc next year. Anwar said Thaksin’s role during his leadership of the Association of
Read moreParts of Surat Thani now a disaster zone as 3 die in floods
NINE districts of heavily flooded Surat Thani province have been declared a disaster zone with Koh Samui and Koh Phangan being among them as three people died amid ongoing torrential rain, TV Channel 7 said today (Dec. 16). Acting Governor Mr. Thiratum Suphawibulphon called an urgent meeting of agencies battling the floods as torrential
Read morePM to boost ties with Malaysia in all areas during official visit
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawater and her delegation arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport last evening (Dec. 15) for the seventh annual full-fledged Thai-Malaysian meeting to jointly push forward various projects, especially cooperation in developing border areas, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said. Invited by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and welcomed at the
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