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2008 airport protesters cleared of insurrection
Published on 17/01/2024
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday dismissed insurrection charges against 32 yellow-shirt activists who led an anti-government protest that shut down Bangkok’s two main international airports in 2008.
Thaksin is indeed in hospital, eligible for parole
Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2024
» Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is indeed staying in the Police General Hospital and is eligible for parole, justice authorities said on Wednesday.
Activist lawyer Arnon gets 4 more years
Published on 17/01/2024
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced activist lawyer Arnon Nampa, 39, to four years in prison on Wednesday for royal defamation in connection with a social media post made in 2021, his lawyer said.
Dept: Don't call Thaksin an 'inmate'
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 17/01/2024
» The Department of Corrections has asked people not to refer to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a prison inmate to help smooth his future return to society, even though he is serving a jail sentence while in hospital.
Democrat boss on defensive as row grows
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 17/01/2024
» Democrat Party leader Chalermchai Sri-on led his MPs on Tuesday in countering allegations that his former secretary was involved in a pork-smuggling saga.
Justice minister defends DSI probe into bribery in labour to Finland
Online Reporters, Published on 16/01/2024
» Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong has defended the Department of Special Investigation over its probe into allegations of bribery and human trafficking made against two former cabinet ministers and two high-level officials in the provision of Thai labour to Finland.
Don't call Thaksin an inmate, says Corrections Dept.
Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2024
» The Department of Corrections has asked people not to refer to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as a prison inmate, to smooth his future return to society - even though he is serving a jail sentence while in hospital.
Not how I recall it
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2024
» Re: "Call to end alcohol ban", (BP, Jan 15). Is history being rewritten? 1972? In happier and somewhat simpler times, I was drinking or purchasing beer cheerfully during the afternoon back in the early 1980s and subsequently anywhere in Thailand.
Democracy riddle
Oped, Postbag, Published on 14/01/2024
» Re: "Déjà vu as charter court weighs MFP ban", (Opinion, Jan 12).
US judge: Gun ban in post offices ‘unconstitutional’
Published on 13/01/2024
» A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a US law that bars people from possessing firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, citing a landmark US Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that expanded gun rights.