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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.
Seastead couple in crosshairs
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/04/2019
» The Third Naval Area Command has filed a police complaint against an American man and his Thai wife who set up a floating living platform 12 nautical miles off the coast of Phuket, a practice also known as seasteading.
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.
Red bull heir not 'wanted'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/03/2018
» The “Red Notice” for Red Bull heir Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, wanted in Thailand in relation to a hit-and-run incident in 2012, has disappeared from the Interpol website.
Truth on trial
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/02/2018
» The Don Muang District Court began a defamation trial on Wednesday against 14 Myanmar migrant workers who accused a Thai chicken farm of labour abuses - a case rights groups say is an effort to silence whistleblowers.
Ex-PAD heads: We won't pay damages
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/01/2018
» Former yellow-shirt co-leaders say they cannot afford to pay damages worth more than 522 million baht resulting from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD)'s 10-day closure of Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports 10 years ago.