KAREN Border Guard Force (BGF) leader Saw Chit Thu has arrested two Chinese bosses of call-centre operations in Myawaddy township, just across the border from Mae Sot town, with the pair being among seven wanted by China, TV Channel 7 said late afternoon today (Feb. 19). The Karen leader, who is himself being investigated
Day: February 19, 2025
Thaksin looks to keep ‘independent’ agencies under control via Senate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has quietly looked to exert his hidden power via the Senate over “independent” agencies ranging from the Election Commission and the National Anti-Corruption Commission to the Constitutional Court, among others, according to partisan sources. Thaksin, father of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, has taken
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KEY discussions on the Myanmar civil war, the South China Sea sea disputes and intra-Asean trade were held by former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah at Istana Nurul Iman in Brunei on Tuesday (Feb. 18). In his Facebook post, Anwar Ibrahim, who is
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