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Government under fire over weapons budget
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 02/07/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is defending the decision to include the procurement of weapons for the armed forces in the budget bill for 2021, after opposition criticism during Wednesday's first reading in parliament.
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.
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.
Teen accused of raping autistic sister and robbing house
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 29/08/2018
» The Songkhla Provincial Court has approved an arrest warrant for a 16-year-old girl accused of raping her 12-year-old autistic sister with her boyfriend before assaulting her grandmother and robbing her own house.
Cosmetic supplements producer conned into paying bribe
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 27/07/2018
» A 47-year-old woman has been charged with fraud and demanding money to be used as bribes from the owner of a cosmetics and food supplements firm embroiled in the Magic Skin case.
Bus and rail ticketing plan falls into chaos
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 25/06/2018
» The Transport Ministry's efforts to integrate a common ticketing system into 2,600 public buses in Bangkok will be delayed for a month, the ministry says.
Former mayor jailed for forcing reporter to strip
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 21/06/2018
» A court in Khon Kaen has sentenced former Ban Phai municipality mayor Premsak Piayura to two months in jail without suspension for detaining a journalist who reported his apparent engagement to an underage girl and forcing him to strip.
Mum who allegedly robbed gold shop at gunpoint caught
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/06/2018
» Police have arrested a 23-year-old woman who allegedly robbed a gold shop in Nong Han district of Udon Thani and made off with three gold necklaces worth 97,000 baht while her daughter was waiting in her car.
Party-hard Thailand is going after rehab tourists
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 14/05/2018
» Thailand, the tropical paradise with a reputation as a place to party, is starting to develop another reputation as a low-cost option for foreigners looking to get clean.
Driver arrested after wild car chase in Trat
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 27/03/2018
» A man was arrested after leading police on a long car chase across town in Muang district in Trat on Monday night until his vehicle overturned.