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Panel votes for chemical ban
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/10/2019
» A four-party committee has unanimously voted for a ban on the use of three toxic farming chemicals, heaping pressure on the National Hazardous Substances Committee (NHSC), which has resisted an outright ban, to follow suit.
Future Forward's Piyabutr denies charges
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/04/2019
» Future Forward Party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul has denied computer crime and contempt of court charges stemming from a video clip of him reading a party statement on the Constitutional Court's decision to dissolve the Thai Raksa Chart Party in March.
List seat saga 'may drag on'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 17/04/2019
» A former member of the Election Commission (EC) that is overseeing the March 24 poll voiced concern on Tuesday that a controversy over the way party-list seats are calculated and allocated would drag on with no clear solution even though the matter has been referred to the Constitutional Court.
Piyabutr faces two charges
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/04/2019
» Future Forward Party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul says he has been summoned to hear charges of computer crime and contempt of court involving a video clip of him reading the party's statement on the court's decision to dissolve the Thai Raksa Chart party in early March.
Poll chiefs feel the heat
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 09/04/2019
» The embattled Election Commission (EC) is expected to face two potentially serious petitions on Tuesday with one calling for the nullification of the March 24 poll and the other demanding the impeachment of its seven members for alleged malfeasance in its handling of the election.
Campaign begins to impeach NACC
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 29/12/2018
» A campaign has begun to seek the removal of the five members of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) who voted to clear Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon of wrongdoing in the luxury watch scandal.
Senior official, 11 others charged with wildlife poaching
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/10/2018
» Twelve people, including a senior district official, have been arrested and charged with poaching in Sai Yok National Park in Kanchanaburi after they were found leaving there with guns and paws from an Asian bearcat.
Thaksin will escape jail term
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 25/09/2018
» Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will no longer be liable to serve the two-year jail sentence handed down 10 years ago in the Ratchadaphisek land case once the statute of limitations expires on Oct 21, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam admitted on Tuesday.
Government slams Thaksin over online posts
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/09/2018
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has called for dialogue between old political rivals and also made a jibe at the country's backwardness that was immediately met with retaliatory remarks from the government.
Police stand their ground on female ban
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/09/2018
» Terminating the recruitment of female cadets is a step backward for gender equality, say critics, but the police are standing their ground on the policy and insist that despite the move, the role of women in the police force will not be phased out.