Thai Court orders Khunying Pojaman to return Ratchadapisek land to FIDF, get refund

BANGKOK, Sept 24 — Thailand’s Civil Court on Friday ruled that the purchase agreement for plots of Ratchadapisek land between the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) and Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra, ex-wife of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was invalidated so that Khunying Pojaman must return the four plots of land to the FIDF and […]

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Bangkok’s Chatuchak Market bans smoking, again

A strict policy will come into effect at the massive Weekend Market next month, along with a crackdown on alcohol sales Bangkok’s world-famous Chatuchak Weekend Market will be under a strict non-smoking policy from October 1, reports the National News Bureau of Thailand. Puff-happy offenders will pay a maximum fine of 2,000 baht. This is […]

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Thai PM: No violence incited during Red Shirts rally so far

BANGKOK, 19 September 2010 (NNT) – The gathering of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) supporters on Sunday remains peaceful while security officers have prepared stringent measures to tackle possible unrest instigation, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Speaking after his weekly TV program “Confidence in Thailand with Prime Minister Abhisit” at the […]

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