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Officer guilty of embezzling bail money
News, Published on 31/05/2024
» A police captain was sentenced to 50 years in prison yesterday for embezzling money placed with a police station as bail surety on several occasions, according to the Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases.
Diving into the mule account crackdown
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 30/05/2024
» Authorities began checking the names of mobile banking account holders and mobile subscribers on Monday to see if they match, part of a joint effort led by the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry.
Corrections under fire
Oped, Published on 29/05/2024
» Once again, the Corrections Department has become the subject of public suspicion over the issue of impartiality. This time around, it concerns Vonnarat Tangkaravakoon, a key culprit in the biggest stock market fraud and the majority shareholder of cable and wire manufacturer Stark Corporation.
DDC steps up bird flu checks
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/05/2024
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) is stepping up surveillance for avian influenza after US health authorities reported a second case of bird flu in humans last week.
43 people still being treated for turbulence injuries
Published on 25/05/2024
» Forty-three people who were on board a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence are still being treated in hospitals in Bangkok four days after the emergency, Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital said on Saturday.
Airline could face hefty payouts after turbulence
Published on 24/05/2024
» Passengers with spinal and brain injuries could seek “eight-figure” payouts, a lawyer says, as the extent of the harm following the Singapore Airlines flight that encountered extreme turbulence this week becomes clearer.
48 people from Singapore Airlines flight still under treatment
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2024
» Forty-eight people who were on board a Singapore Airlines flight diverted to Bangkok after hitting severe turbulence remain hospitalised for treatment, officials said on Friday.
Hospital: No ‘life-threatening’ cases from turbulence
Published on 23/05/2024
» Twenty people who were aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence and made an emergency landing in Bangkok on Tuesday remain in intensive care but none have life-threatening conditions, say hospital officials.
Foreign investors updated on regulations
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/05/2024
» The Department of Business Development invited diplomats and representatives of international organisations in Thailand to attend a briefing on foreign investment under the Foreign Business Act (FBA) of 1999.
The popular decimation of India's democracy
Oped, Pranab Bardhan, Published on 18/05/2024
» India's ongoing parliamentary election, in which nearly a billion people casting their votes over a six-week period, should represent an extraordinary exercise of democracy. The bleak reality, however, is that the election appears poised to consolidate a decade-long process of democratic decay, which has included the decimation of liberal institutions and practices and weakening of political competition. After all, the leader who has presided over this process -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- remains wildly popular.