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Victim warns public to beware of fake lottery tickets

  GOING VIRAL on Thai social media is a warning by a woman to be careful when buying lottery tickets because she ended up with a fake one, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Dec. 3). In her post the victim said: “Warning to brothers, sisters, mothers and everyone who likes buying government lottery tickets.

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Potjaman’s nephew defends self over new posting at Phuket airport

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters POL.COL.PADTHONGTEW DAMAPONG, nephew of de facto Pheu Thai boss/convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra’s former spouse Potjaman Damapong, has defended himself over his otherwise contentious transfer as immigration superintendent at Phuket airport. The police colonel today (Dec.3) posted on his Facebook page to say he has been named immigration superintendent for

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22,000 people claim carrying loan shark debts in single day

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 22,000 PEOPLE nationwide have individually claimed in a single day to be owing illicit debt to loan sharks, Sutthipong Juljaroen, undersecretary of interior, confirmed today (Dec.2). A total of about 22,090 people from all regions of the country yesterday notified the authorities of the illicit, informal debt

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Anti-loan sharks campaign means no waiver of debt

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED GOVERNMENT’S all-out campaign against illicit, informal money lending will by no means result in any waiver of debt but will foster compromise and negotiations between loan sharks and those who currently owe them, according to Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Anutin pointed out today (Dec.1) that

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Administrative Court to judge whether Thaksin is clinically or ‘politically’ ill

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT WILL be shortly petitioned to judge whether de facto Pheu Thai boss/convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra is clinically or “politically” ill. Political activist Srisuwan Janya confirmed today (Dec.1) he will shortly file a petition to the Administrative Court in search of a ruling on whether the de

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409 million baht in wealth owned by suspected money-laundering senator seized

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A COMBINED 409 MILLION BAHT worth of wealth owned by Senator Upakit Pachareeyangkun was today (Nov.30) impounded by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board amidst drug trafficking and money laundering charges earlier filed against him. Acting ONCB secretary-general Panurat Lakbun led a team of officials in a raid on

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Pheu Thai-led govt alleged of pushing mutually contradictory populist campaigns

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED GOVERNMENT is putting forward mutually contradictory populist campaigns which will immensely increase public debt and compromise their financial and treasury disciplines, said an opposition MP today (Nov.30). Move Forward MP Nattapong Ruangpanyawudhi said the Pheu Thai-led coalition government plans to borrow a sum of 500 billion baht

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Prayut named privy councillor

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER ARMY CHIEF/FORMER prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been named a privy councillor after nine years of running the country. The royal gazette yesterday declared His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn has appointed Prayut as the latest member of the Privy Council headed by one of his predecessors, namely Surayud Chulanont.

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Thaksin’s medical expenses at Police Hospital entirely covered by taxpayers’ money

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL EXPENSES ON MEDICAL treatments of “sickly” de facto Pheu Thai boss/convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra at Police Hospital are being entirely covered by the taxpayers’ money and not his, according to an informed source. Thaksin, who has been admitted for undisclosed “illnesses” at Police Hospital since Aug.22, marking the

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