Three eligible voters who were denied the right to vote on July 3 submitted a petition to the Supreme Court’s Election Cases Division on Monday, asking that it to order a new general election. They are Surasit Bailee, Siripanee Taichaiyaphum and Parinee Taichaiyaphum, all of Non Klang village in tambon Phak Pang of Chaiyaphum’s Phu […]
BANGKOK, 11 July 2011 (NNT) – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has scheduled 19 core leaders of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) alleged of lèse majesté to hear their charges on 17 August. After conferring with the prosecutor, DSI chief Tharit Pengdit revealed that he had notified 17 of the 19 […]
BANGKOK, 11 July 2011 (NNT) – Chart Thai Pattana Party Chief Advisor Banharn Silpa-archa has acceded that he recently met former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra but denies bargaining for more cabinet seats for his party. Mr Banharn confirmed that he had traveled to Brunei to visit Mr Thaksin as acquaintances and they only had a […]
BANGKOK, 11 July 2011 (NNT)-The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, together with the Ministry of Culture, is encouraging Thais to wear clothes made of silk on various occasions to boost the silk industry in Thailand. Director-General of the Department of Sericulture Pairoj Limjamroon said there are currently 30,000 silk manufacturers in the country. The number […]
Taipei, July 10 (CNA) Fifteen Taiwanese suspects arrested in Thailand for alleged involvement in an international phone scam targeting Thai locals and mainland Chinese were repatriated to Taiwan Sunday , the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) said that day. Taiwan jointly cracked down on a phone fraud ring with the Thai police, arresting 32 […]
The Cambodian government has approved a plan to send 8,000 Cambodians to work in Thailand under a bilateral agreement. The first batch of 113 Cambodian workers entered Thailand yesterday in the hope of getting paid a minimum wage of Bt300 per day as promised by the Pheu Thai-led government. At the checkpoint in front of […]
BANGKOK, July 10 – Thailand’s prime minister-to-be Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday said the list of cabinet members should be done in one or two weeks after the Election Commission (EC) endorses the July 3 election results, while reaffirming that her cabinet line-up has not been influenced by her brother, self-exiled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The top […]
PRAE, 9 July 2011 (NNT) – The Excise Department and Police Division 5 and 6 have added more technologies to their operation which began 3 months ago to stop the smuggling of illegal alcohol in the North of Thailand. Police have confiscated illegal items worth 5 million THB in fine. According to Department Director-General, Mr. […]
