BANGKOK, 15 July 2010 (NNT) — A negotiation process between the leaders of the anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) and the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leader kicked off today. Both sides have been embroiled in defamation suits and counter suits in the past two years. UDD leaders Veera Musikapong and Natthawut […]
The Thai government’s new migrant labor policy has seen a rise in police raids on factories that employ migrant workers, especially from Burma, Loas and Cambodia. There are reportedly up to a million unregistered migrant workers in Thailand. Human rights advocates say many workers are now taking steps to meet the new legal requirements to […]
The petition by the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) asking the Constitution Court to dissolve the Democrat party not only set the ruling party on fire, but also aroused a widespread speculation that a back-up party will or has been set up for the Democrat. Abhisit Vejjajiva, the prime minister as well as the party […]
OAG sues for party dissolution. Democrats under fire over political donation The Office of the Attorney-General has submitted a formal recommendation to the Constitution Court calling for the dissolution of the Democrat Party over an alleged illegal 258 million baht donation. The prosecutors also recommended that the court ban from politics for five years all […]
Cambodia’s Interior Ministry has decided to withhold permission for holding the “Day of Anger” against Thailand in the nation’s capital. The Cambodian government is currently awaiting its Interior Ministry’s decision on whether to allow the nation’s largest labor assembly to hold an event in protest of Thailand’s alleged encroachment on Cambodian territory at the old […]
Bangkok – Thailand’s Constitution Court on Tuesday accepted a case against the ruling Democrat Party that could lead to its dissolution and the banning of its executives from politics. The Office of the Attorney General submitted a writ against the party, accusing it of receiving 258 million baht (808,000 dollars) in illicit campaign donations from […]
THAILAND – A draft law that intends to give pregnant students the legal right to take maternal leave and continue their studies after giving birth, is now attracting much controversy. While a survey on www.ilaw.or.th showed most respondents supported the draft law, prominent child-rights activist Wallop Tangkananurak said he was concerned the legislation would indirectly […]
Police are compiling more evidence and will possibly charge him with other offences once evidence is verified, said Pol Lt Col Omsin Sukkarnkha, head of the children’s and women’s protection division of the provincial police. He dismissed rumours that police were demanding money from the suspect to eventually drop the case, saying: “It is completely […]
