THE director and owner of 49% stake in Chinese Railway Number 10 Engineering Group Company (CREC), which in turn holds 49% stake in a joint venture with Italian-Thai Development Plc to build the State Audit Building that collapsed during the massive March 28 earthquake was arrested at a Bangkok hotel this evening (Apr. 19),
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Civil servant sets self on fire over loan shark debts
A STRESSED-OUT community developer in Mae Hong Son set herself on fire in front of Mae Sariang district office this afternoon (Apr. 19) after loan sharks evicted her from her house and land to clear debts, Naewna newspaper said. The civil servant, Ms. Kanya (surname withheld), 58, had asked a reporter to meet her
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DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss Thaksin Shinawatra is currently encountering dilemma and conundrum whilst steering the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, albeit literally behind the scenes, due to unresolved, inter-party conflict and sustained legal battles which might probably last until the end of their four-year term in the next couple of years, according to partisan
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