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Phumtham warns 'idle' officials
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/07/2025
» Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned idle ministry officials that they face the risk of being transferred, and that the reshuffle of positions within the ministry could be finalised this month.
Anutin brushes off new land probe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/07/2025
» Si Sa Ket: Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday brushed aside a fresh attempt to investigate the Khao Kradong land dispute in Buri Ram, insisting that all actions taken during his tenure as interior minister were lawful.
Crunch time for Phumtham
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/07/2025
» New interior minister, and current acting prime minister, Phumtham Wechayachai, is a man who can make tough decisions. His recent record includes the decision to return Uyghurs to China early this year, as demanded by Beijing. Last month, he approved a long-delayed, controversial submarine procurement from China -- a call that even junta leader-cum-prime minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha shied away from.
PM denies land interference
News, Published on 25/03/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has denied interference in the handling of two high-profile land dispute cases -- one involving Alpine Real Estate and Alpine Golf and Sports Club in Pathum Thani and the other pertaining to the Khao Kradong in Buri Ram -- for her own benefit.
Thai PM Paetongtarn insists she acquired shares, land legitimately
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 24/03/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra insisted during the opposition’s censure debate against her at parliament that her reception of shares worth billions of baht from her family members and relatives did not involve any attempt to avoid tax, and her family had legally acquired the vast Alpine golf course and real estate land in Pathum Thani province.
Rift tests coalition unity
Published on 03/03/2025
» Relations between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and coalition partner Bhumjaithai have come under strain from time to time.
PM seeks to clarify 'honesty'
Published on 27/02/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said she has asked the Constitutional Court to clarify the meaning of the term, "a lack of clear honesty", with regard to those seeking to become cabinet ministers so she can act accordingly.
Anutin hits back at golf club land probe
Post Reporters, Published on 14/02/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has hit back at a critic who claims that a golf course owned by his family in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima might be encroaching on agricultural reform land.
Residents seek legal help over Alpine land dispute
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/02/2025
» Residents affected by the revocation of land ownership linked to the Alpine Golf Club controversy have sought legal assistance from the Lawyers Council of Thailand (LCT).
CoS calls for B7.7bn fund to cover Alpine land case
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/01/2025
» The Council of State (CoS) has called on the Interior Ministry to request a 7.7-billion-baht budget from the government to compensate those parties affected by the transfer of land where the Shinawatra family's Alpine golf course is located.