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Navy withdraws Chinese subs purchase plan from agenda

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters NAVY CHIEF ADM Chatchai Srivorakhan today (July 19) withdrew the navy’s purchase plan for two Chinese submarines from the House Budget Committee’s agenda. In the face of social criticism over the navy’s planned procurement of two Yuan-class S26T subs whereas responses to the sustained pandemic situation need sizeable funding, the

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Illegal seaside gazebo owners feel the heat as Navy takes action

By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OWNERS OF GAZEBOS illegally built on the shores of Surat Thani have been repeatedly urged to promptly dismantle those unpermitted structures or the authorities will do so instead. The navy’s Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre’s Second Area Commander Vice Adm Samrerng Chanthaso confirmed today (June 8) the navy-led authorities would

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