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City official accused of demanding B9m to save golf course
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/05/2024
» Police arrested a public works official of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Monday morning for allegedly demanding a nine-million-baht bribe in exchange for diverting a planned new road away from a golf course.
Disgraced school director faces discipline in child-sex case
Online Reporters, Published on 18/05/2024
» Education authorities have opened an investigation into child sex abuse involving a school director in Khon Kaen, who was arrested this week on charges of buying sex from a 12-year-old student at his school.
Pro-Palestinian protests shake US campuses
Published on 30/04/2024
» US universities from Columbia to UCLA are rushing to confront pro-Palestinian demonstrations, with disciplinary actions escalating and campus life thrown into turmoil as the academic year comes to a close.
Protect rights of refugees
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/04/2024
» Intense fighting between the Myanmar military and rebel factions in the key border town of Myawaddy has driven scores of Myanmar citizens to seek refuge in Mae Sot, Tak province. As such, the state needs to proactively act in order to safeguard the basic human rights of the refugees and national security.
Tak Bai massacre victims sue top officials
Online Reporters, Published on 26/04/2024
» Injured protesters and families of those killed in the 2004 Tak Bai tragedy have filed a lawsuit against nine former top officials, accusing them of murder and other charges.
Police weigh more charges in student stabbing
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/04/2024
» A third-year student at Thammasat University who admitted stabbing and seriously wounding her younger boyfriend — a fellow student — could face more charges as the police investigation deepens.
Big Joke will be treated fairly: PM
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/04/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin says Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, aka "Big Joke", who is suspected of involvement in a high-profile money-laundering case, will be treated fairly after he signed an order suspending him from duty.
New push to punish MPs, officials who avoid summonses
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/04/2024
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) has proposed a bill seeking to punish ministers and state officials who fail to testify before House committees after being summonsed.
Singapore orders Israel to remove 'unacceptable' online post
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/03/2024
» SINGAPORE - Singapore has ordered the Israel Embassy to take down an "insensitive and inappropriate" social media post that could undermine security in the city-state, in the latest test of traditionally warm ties between the two nations.
Military man threatens motorist with pistol in 'road rage incident'
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 17/03/2024
» Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters is investigating after a sailor carrying a pistol approached a motorist in what is understood to be an incident of road rage.