THE Land Transport Department warned foreign tourists to not buy a driving licence from websites illegally selling them as they risk losing their property and documents with action taken after a Facebook post falsely boasted that a Chinese woman who did not know how to drive had got one with the help of an
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Phuket van driver’s licence suspended after being filmed playing slot games
THE PHUKET Land Transport Office today (Feb. 13) suspended a van driver’s driving licence for 90 days after he was filmed by a passenger playing online slot games on his mobile phone while taking them from Patong beach to the downtown and posted it on social media, Thai Rath newspaper said. The 17-second video
Read moreLucky licence plate auction winner being probed for money laundering
THE COMPANY that won a lucky vehicle licence plate number at an auction on Saturday with record-breaking 45.09 million baht bid now faces investigation for money laundering, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Dec. 12). Pol. Lt. Gen. Santi Chainiramai, chief of Technology Crime Suppression Division, said it was the well-known Facebook page “Sai
Read moreNBTC tells sports agency to return World Cup licence cash
THE National Broadcasting & Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) today (Dec. 8) voted to ask the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) to return 600 million baht it had granted to buy the Fifa World Cup 2022 broadcasting licence as not all viewers are able to watch the matches, Matichon newspaper said. The sports agency had also
Read moreFifa threatens to cut off live World Cup broadcast over infringement
THE Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) today (Nov. 23) threatened to cut off the live broadcast of World Cup 2022 knockout stage matches that begins on Dec. 3 and ends on Dec. 18 with the final match after it discovered licence infringement with signals spreading from Thailand to other countries, Thai Rath newspaper
Read moreRumours of 5 private firms sponsoring World Cup 2022 broadcast quashed
THE Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) today (Nov 12) denied five private companies had agreed to sponsor the broadcast of Fifa World Cup 2022 being held in Qatar from Nov. 20 to Dec. 18 at 200 million baht each for a total of 1 billion baht that remains to be raised out of 1.6
Read moreNBTC under fire for funding World Cup licence purchase
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING & Telecommunications Commission will be investigated for allegedly illegally providing a 600 million baht fund for the Sports Authority of Thailand’s planned purchase of a telecasting licence for the upcoming World Cup soccer games, said an opposition MP today (Nov.9). Move Forward MP Sirikanya Tansakul said she
Read moreActivist lawyer Anon faces etiquette probe
A LAWYER who is one of the leaders of People’s Party 2020 said in his Facebook post today (Jan. 26) that he has received a letter from the Lawyers Council Under the Royal Patronage that he is now facing etiquette investigation, Siam Rath newspaper said. Anon Nampha, a well-known political activist, said in his post
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