BHUMJAITHAI threatened to take legal action against those spreading fake news that the Land Bridge scheme is hiding a casino project with the rumours stemming from an old draft bill which was rejected two years ago, Amarin TV said this evening (May 8). Mr. Natchanon Sikorkuea, Bhumjaithai’s spokesperson, said the claim that a 99-year
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Pheu Thai MP denies Thaksin has fled overseas
A PHEU Thai party-list MP quashed rumours that de facto party boss/ father of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has fled abroad and blasted rumour-mongers for stirring trouble, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (May 25). The MP, Mr. Anusorn Iamsa-ard, said Thaksin returned to Thailand in August 2023 after 17 years of self exile for
Read morePhumtham slams netizens alleging govt took better care of floods in the North
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai angrily denied that the government took better care of floods in the North that the current one raging in the far South with relief supplies not delayed as alleged by some netizens online, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Nov. 30). Phumtham said he had sent Deputy Defence Minister Gen.
Read morePM mum on hearsay of Yingluck seeking royal pardon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (July 16) declined to respond to rumours that the fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been seeking royal pardon so she could return home sooner or later from self-exile abroad. Srettha smiled and walked away when asked by reporters at Government House to comment
Read morePM downplays hearsay of Thaksin on the run from lese majeste case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (June 4) downplayed hearsay that de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra would again manipulate to escape from a lese majeste lawsuit to be filed against him in court later this month. The Pheu Thai-attached prime minister said Thaksin who had earlier spent 17 years
Read moreNo coup taking place, says Defence Ministry spokesman
THE DEFENCE Ministry’s spokesman Gen. Kongcheep Tantravanich this afternoon (Sept. 28) dismissed rumours of a coup d’etat being mounted while also confirming that this issue was not raised at the Defence Council meeting, Thai Rath newspaper said. Regarding what is being talked about one would have to ask the speakers for the motive for
Read moreArmy Chief says to ask PM about coup rumours
THE Commander of the Thai Army Gen. Apirat Kongsompong refused to directly answer a question on coup rumours and instead told reporters to go ask Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha about this hot issue, Thai Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Sept. 9, 2020). Asked whether he would, for the peace of mind of the Thai people,
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