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Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong jailed again
Reuters, Published on 17/01/2018
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, 21, was sentenced to a second jail term of three months on Wednesday for what a judge described as his "leading" role during some of the 2014 pro-democracy "Umbrella Movement" street demonstrations.
Abhisit gets army rank back
News, Published on 17/01/2018
» The Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the Appeal Court's ruling revoking former defence minister ACM Sukumpol Suwanatat's retroactive order dismissing former prime minister Abhisit Vejajjiva from the army reserve in 2012.
Supreme Court upholds grenade attack sentence
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2018
» The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the Appeal Court's ruling sentencing a former red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) guard to 35 years and four months in jail for his role in a grenade attack on a group of rival political protesters in 2014.
NLA urged to take graft bill to court
News, Published on 17/01/2018
» Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) chairman Meechai Ruchupan has urged the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to ask the Constitutional Court to end a controversy surrounding the anti-corruption bill.
Better airport loos on the way
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 17/01/2018
» Better lavatories are "on the way" for Suvarnabhumi airport, with newly-designed and more practical toilets in Thailand's largest airport set to open this year, Airports of Thailand (AoT) says.
Laos assures riverside Thais on dam impact
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/01/2018
» CHIANG RAI: Laos has assured the Pak Beng hydropower dam that is to be built on the lower Mekong River will have no adverse impact on local people living on the Thai side of the river.
Massage parlour shareholder held for trafficking
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2018
» A key shareholder in a company operating the massage parlour raided by authorities last Friday, surrendered Tuesday to police and denied any involvement in the flesh trade.
Irate Prawit defends watches, refuses to resign
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/01/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon claimed Tuesday that "all" 24 luxury watches belong to his friends, and said he will resign from the cabinet only if the national graft-busting agency decides there are sufficient grounds to pursue a case against him.
Duterte defiant, moves to close Rappler news website
AFP, Published on 17/01/2018
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he "did not give a shit" as his government moved to shut down a news website that has been critical in its reporting on his deadly drug war, with media watchdogs raising fears over eroding freedoms.
Warrant out for gunman in fatal Songkhla shooting
Published on 16/01/2018
» SONGKHLA: Police are looking for a 29-year-old oil rig supply boat crewman who witnesses said appeared drunk when he allegedly fired several shots that killed a man who warned him to drive more carefully late on Monday night.