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Court tells Samak kin to pay B600m
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/06/2022
» The Supreme Administrative Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's ruling ordering the family of late Bangkok governor Samak Sundaravej to pay almost 600 million baht in damages to City Hall over a scandal-ridden fire engine and boat purchase scheme.
Chaos outside parliament
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/11/2020
» Pressure is mounting on parliament to accept the controversial charter amendment bill sponsored by civil group Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw) after clashes between pro-monarchy supporters and anti-government protesters erupted on Tuesday, leaving several people injured.
Court frees Apirak of BMA liability
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/03/2019
» The Supreme Administrative Court has upheld the lower court's ruling to revoke an order forcing former Bangkok governor Apirak Kosayodhin to pay 1.2 million baht in compensation in connection with a fire truck and boat procurement scandal in 2004.
Timeline: Thailand's turbulent political history
AFP, Published on 24/03/2019
» The country's election Sunday is the first since a 2014 coup. Here is a brief look at two turbulent decades in Thai politics.
Dive boat burns, sinks in Phuket
Online Reporters, Published on 12/09/2014
» A 10-million-baht dive boat caught fire and was sunk in Phuket province early Friday. No one was injured.
Smoke inhalation kills mother, newborn
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/07/2014
» A Myanmar woman and her new-born son died in their sleep from smoke inhalation in Muang district of Prachuap Khiri Khan yesterday morning. Three others are seriously ill.
Myanmar mum, son died of suffocation
Online Reporters, Published on 20/07/2014
» A Myanmar woman and her new-born son died and three others are seriously ill through suffocation in their sleep in Muang district of Prachuap Khiri Khan on Sunday morning, Thairath Online reported.
Two severely burnt in hotel boat fire
Online Reporters, Published on 21/06/2014
» Two employees of Riverside Hotel in Bangkok were seriously burnt when its restaurant boat caught fire while being moored in the Chao Phraya River near the hotel Saturday morning.
Samak heirs face B587m in damages
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/05/2014
» The Administrative Court yesterday ordered the family of late Bangkok governor Samak Sundaravej to pay almost 600 million baht in damages to City Hall over the scandal-ridden fire engine and boat purchase scheme.
B587m fire-trucks damages order against Samak's heirs
Online Reporters, Published on 30/04/2014
» The Central Administrative Court on Wednesday ordered the legal heirs of the late Samak Sundaravej and former deputy deputy interior minister Pracha Maleenont to each pay 587.58 million baht to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) for damages incurred in the purchase of fire trucks and boats and disaster prevention and mitigation equipment in 2004.