Thai finance minister denies SingTel lobbies him on AIS concession issues

BANGKOK, Jan 21 – Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij on Thursday denied a report that top Singapore Telecom (SingTel) executives lobbied him to help resolve Advanced Info Service (AIS) concession issues. The executives from SingTel, which owns 21 per cent of AIS, met with Information and Communications Technology Minister Chuti Krairiksh on Jan 11 and with […]

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PTT Thailand Told To End Carrefour Bid

The government ordered PTT on Tuesday to end its bid to buy Carrefour’s retail assets in Thailand, saying the state-controlled company should not be competing with private firms. Deputy Government Spokesman Watchara Kannikar said the Cabinet considered it inappropriate for PTT – as a state-owned company – to be competing with private companies to bid […]

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Thai Groups Denounce Web Censorship

BANGKOK—Criticism over Thailand’s efforts to curb political debate online is mounting, as the government restricts thousands of websites following deadly protest clashes earlier this year. Thai authorities say they have blocked at least 40,000 Web pages this year, according to the government’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, which monitors the Internet. Free-speech activists say […]

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