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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.
Shinawatra's ownership of golf club revoked, but with way out
Online Reporters, Published on 20/01/2025
» A deputy permanent secretary at the Interior Ministry has ordered the Department of Lands to revoke owners' titles to the Alpine Golf and Sports Club and adjacent residences in Pathum Thani province.
Ex-Lands Dept boss embroiled in Alpine land deeds case
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2025
» Chada Thaised, a senior Bhumjaithai Party member, signed an order to have Alpine land title deeds nullified shortly before leaving office as deputy interior minister, Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday.
PM's family ownership of vast Alpine land tracts must be revoked: Anutin
Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2025
» Thai Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul – also the leader of the coalition party Bhumjaithai – said on Thursday that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's family's ownership of vast land tracts belonging to Alpine Golf and Sports Club must be revoked.
Lands Department denies Alpine title deeds nullified
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2025
» The Department of Lands (DoL) on Wednesday insisted the title deeds for the controversial monastic plot in Pathum Thani province, which houses the Alpine Golf Club and a residential complex, have yet to be nullified as reported by the media.
Golf club shares latest legal headache for PM
Post Reporters, Published on 01/10/2024
» Political activist Ruangkrai Leekitwattana has asked the Election Commission (EC) if Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra should be removed from her post for failing to divest her shares in a golf club until two weeks after she became premier.
PM’s heart gesture has petitioner in a tizzy
Online Reporters, Published on 10/09/2024
» Serial petitioner Ruangkrai Leekitwattana has found yet another potentially grave offence to accuse Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of committing: making a mini-heart gesture while wearing her civil service dress uniform.
Was it one big conspiracy?
News, Published on 07/09/2024
» Pundits are tempted to link the recent dismissal of Srettha Thavisin as premier to a Pheu Thai "exit strategy", if one was ever devised, for its fiercely controversial digital wallet scheme.
Minor party leaves govt bloc
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/08/2024
» The one-MP Seri Ruamthai Party has pulled out of the Pheu Thai Party-led government after its leader, Pol Gen Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, admitted to being overlooked by the ruling party.