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Secret room at ‘VIP prison’ built 8 months ago with Chinese inmates covering the cost

  MORE details have emerged about special privileges granted to Chinese inmates at Bangkok Remand Prison with one of 20 officials transferred saying that it was built eight months ago with these deep-pocketed Chinese inmates paying 2 million baht for the construction, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Nov. 25). Ms. Phongsawat Neelayothin, permanent secretary of

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Prapat tipped to turn to Klatham in lieu of Bhumjaithai

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHART THAI PATTANA Secretary-General Prapat Pothasuthon will likely join the Klatham now that Chart Thai Pattana leader Varawut Silpa-archa has opted to jump onto the Bhumjaithai bandwagon with intent to seek re-election under the tickets of the coalition partner and core of the coalition government respectively, according to a partisan

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Hat Yai still severely flooded as forest runoffs swamp Trang

  HAT YAI remained critically flooded this morning (Nov. 25) with residents still trapped in their homes despite an urgent citywide evacuation order while a new wave of forest runoff worsened flooding in Trang with 12,000 households affected, PPTVHD36 and Naewna newspaper said. Despite Songkhla Governor Ratthasart Chidchu ordering an urgent evacuation of residents throughout

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