Thai Democrats party-list candidate resigns after son arrested in drug sting

BANGKOK, June 5 – Prachakchai na Songkhla, Democrat’s party-list candidate resigned as a party member on Sunday after his son was arrested with crystal methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice,’ on Saturday night, said party spokesman Buranat Samutarak said. Prachakchai, the No 94 candidate on the party list, resigned as the party has a clear policy […]

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Thai Army chief dismisses pro-Democrat order

BANGKOK, 3 June 2011 (NNT) – Army Commander-In-Chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha has downplayed a news report that local army bases in some provinces asked their officers to vote for the Democrat Party in the upcoming advance election. General Prayut stated that the army has never ordered its officers to vote for any particular political party […]

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