THE Criminal Court granted bail to popular actress Ms. Rybena Intachai, aka Nana Rybena, who had been arrested on charges defrauding 17 close friends, acquaintances, and parents of students studying at international schools out of a total of 195 million baht but forbade her from leaving the country unless permitted to do so by
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Stressed out soldier who shot two villagers and fled found dead in forest
THE BODY of a stressed out soldier who shot and injured two villagers in Surin after leaving his post without permission last night has been found in a nearby forest and it is believed he committed suicide, Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said today (Aug. 15). Private Ratthaphum Thepsiri, 25, who was assigned to
Read moreProvincial governors told to send list of their advisers after Chinese adviser kicked out
THE Interior Ministry late afternoon today (Apr. 30) issued an urgent order to all provincial governors for them to immediately send details of appointing advisers after Prachin Buri’s Governor cancelled naming a Chinese man as his adviser amid widespread criticism, Naewna newspaper said. At 4 p.m. Mr. Chettha Mosikarat, the ministry’s deputy permanent secretary
Read moreTwo pro-democracy activists bailed out in lese majeste case
THE Court of Appeals Region 3 today (Sep. 14) granted bail to two leading pro-democracy activists who were yesterday sentenced to jail in a lese majeste case stemming from speeches they gave at a rally in Phu Khieo district of Chaiyaphum province in 2012, Naewna newspaper said. Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpattararaksa and Atthaphon
Read moreBiden drops US president re-election bid, backs Harris
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the party’s candidate. Biden, 81, in a post on X, said he would remain in his role as president and commander-in-chief
Read moreJournalist, photographer bailed out
A JOURNALIST and a freelance photographer who were arrested yesterday (Feb. 12) on charges of supporting the spraying of an anti-Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or lese majeste law, message on the outside wall of the Temple of Emerald Buddha last year have been bailed out at 35,000 baht each, Matichon newspaper said
Read morePetitioner Srisuwan, pro-Prayut party members bailed out in bribe-taking case
BOTH prolific petitioner and two members of Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, largely viewed as de facto led by former prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, were bailed out after being arrested in a bribe-taking sting operation, Matichon newspaper said this morning (Jan. 27). Having consistently denied bribery charges during nine hours of interrogation by Anti-Corruption
Read moreThai owner of shop in Iceland shows Senator Pornthip the door
SENATOR Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunan is in the eye of social media storm today (Sep. 30) after a TikTok video went viral showing a Thai man telling a woman with colourful hair to leave his shop in Reykjavík, Iceland, because he does not like what she did to Thailand, and it was later confirmed that
Read moreFaulty ATM spits out free money
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN UNKNOWN NUMBER of people withdrew cash from an ATM in downtown Ranong last night (June 13) and got the money 10 times as much due to its malfunctioning computer. The ATM installed in front of the Siam Commercial Bank’s branch office in the capital district of the southern province glitched
Read moreVeerathai opts out of second term as Central Bank chief
BANK of Thailand Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob stated today (25.5.2020) that he does not wish to enter the selection process for holding this position for a second term because of family reasons, PostToday reported. The Chairman of the Bank of Thailand Governor Selection Committee Rangsan Srivorasart had announced on May 22 that the application period for
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