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3-airport rail link hits another bump
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 09/10/2019
» The signing of the 224-billion-baht contract between the State Railway of Thailand and Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) for the rail link between three international airports has run into another delay following the resignation of the entire SRT board.
PM insists cash splurge not populist as poll looms
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 21/11/2018
» The government will plough 63 billion baht into cash handout packages aimed at assisting low-income earners, the elderly and retired officers, but Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged both the public and the media not to view this as a populist move aimed at shoring up support ahead of the election.
Thaksin's son shows up for money-laundering indictment
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/10/2018
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's son Panthongtae reported to the Office of the Attorney-General on Wednesday to be indicted for money-laundering in the Krungthai Bank loan scandal.
Govt urged to ramp up action on greenhouse gas emissions
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/10/2018
» Thailand will have to balance economic, social and environmental concerns to achieve the country's climate change policy and related action plans, according to Phirun Saiyasitpanich, a senior official on climate policy at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
British divers rescued Thai adults before Wild Boars
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 27/09/2018
» Two British divers who helped rescue the Thai youth football team from a flooded cave had earlier saved four adults also stranded in the complex, according to a new report on the mission that gripped the world in July.
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.
'Benz Racing' jailed for eight years for money-laundering
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/09/2018
» The Criminal Court on Friday sentenced Akarakit "Benz Racing" Worarojcharoendet to eight years in prison for drug-related money-laundering, and two associates to 24 years for trafficking and money-laundering.
Hotel room killer 'on the run'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/08/2018
» Police are seeking an arrest warrant for a man charged with clubbing his construction firm owner girlfriend to death at a hotel in Bangkok before fleeing, possibly to Cambodia.
Pol Capt sacked for allegedly supplying drugs
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/06/2018
» A police captain at Sutthisan station in Bangkok was arrested on Monday night and later sacked for allegedly procuring illegal drugs for sale via mailed parcels.
Police chief seeks allies to collar ex-monk
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 13/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda flew to France at the weekend to coordinate with Interpol at its headquarters to pressure Germany into extraditing former monk Phra Phrom Methee to Thailand, a highly placed police source said on Tuesday.