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Milestones
News, Published on 21/01/2018
» Sentenced: By the Criminal Court to 80 and a half years in prison, serial bomber Watana Pumret. The 63-year-old was most famously convicted of the Phramongkutklao Hospital bombing last year. So far, for four bombings and an explosive cache, Watana has received prison sentences of 111 years and six months plus fines of 1,475 baht. He has two other cases to go.
Jail terms upheld for Bhumjaithai bombers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/07/2017
» The Supreme Court has upheld prison sentences handed down by the Appeal Court to five people in connection with a plot to blow up the Bhumjaithai Party headquarters in June 2010.
About Politics
News, Published on 19/11/2016
» Yingluck's rice photo ops and Prayut's subsidies come under attack v Some election commissioners are scrambling to protect their jobs under new qualification rules v New army chief Gen Chalermchai likes to appease his masters
Where hope has vanished
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/08/2016
» It was the spot where the villagers had found the chequered loincloth of missing land rights activist Den Khamlae a week earlier. Banjong Sanitnit, Den's brother-in-law, stopped at a nearby tree. He lit six incense sticks and poured rice whisky into a clear plastic cup so that it was a quarter full. And then he prayed.
Public divided on referendum vote
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/08/2016
» Politics, health care and basic education and help for the poor will be the deciding factors for some wage-earning and self-employed voters.
The real booze issue
News, Postbag, Published on 04/03/2016
» Re: "Activists demand big hike in booze taxes", (Online, March 2).
Thaksin hit with royal slur probe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/05/2015
» Authorities have launched a lese majeste probe against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra after the Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday that it has revoked his two Thai passports.
OAG's decision on Thaksin has implications yet to be seen
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 11/10/2013
» Thaksin Shinawatra's opponents may be angry with the Office of the Attoney General (OAG) and its former chief, Chulasingh Vasantasingh, for letting him off the hook on charges of terrorism, but the decision was not surprising given the current political climate.
EC red cards Pheu Thai's Karun
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/06/2012
» The Election Commission (EC) has disqualified Phue Thai's Karun Hosakul for defaming Democrat Party candidate Tankhun Jitt-itsara during last year's campaign.
Thaksin talks, controversy follows
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/03/2012
» Former prime minister made another phone-in to red-shirt supporters in the Northeast and one of his remarks has caused a bit of a controversy.