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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.
No chance of reunion with Pheu Thai, says Bhumjaithai chief
Published on 15/07/2025
» Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul has firmly ruled out the possibility of the party rejoining the Pheu Thai-led coalition, saying that Bhumjaithai’s departure indicated both parties could no longer work together due to diverging political directions.
Phumtham moves to end land row
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/07/2025
» Department of Lands (DoL) director-general Pornpoth Penpas has been given seven days to explain why the department failed to comply with court rulings in the controversial Khao Kradong land dispute, Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Monday.
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.
Govt takes on Khao Kradong dispute
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/07/2025
» Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai will set up a committee to investigate the long-standing Khao Kradong land dispute in Buri Ram province, which involves state-owned land allegedly overlapping with property linked to the influential Chidchob family.
Bhumjaithai land case is not 'politically motivated'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/07/2025
» Newly-appointed Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has dismissed reports the investigation into the controversial Khao Kradong land case involving the Bhumjaithai Party (BJT) is politically motivated.
'Too early for a split' in Thai govt
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/04/2025
» The relationship between the ruling Pheu Thai and its coalition partner Bhumjaithai has been bumpy since the government was formed, with their partnership seen more as a political necessity than a genuine alliance.
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.
BJT-friendly Senate sits pretty, for now
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 08/03/2025
» The vote by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) board on March 6 to limit its probe into the Senate election to money laundering alone, ditching complaints of criminal association, shows the two coalition parties, Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai (BJT), embracing political compromise after their high-profile showdown.