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Jail, bail, Facebook feature in busy day of lese majeste prosecutions
Published on 18/11/2014
» A Thai radio show host has been sentenced to five years in prison for royal defamation, his lawyer said Tuesday, one of the first sentences passed by a military court for breaching the lese majeste law since May’s military coup.
Truck looted as driver pleads mercy
Methee Muangkaew, Published on 18/11/2014
» TRANG — Bad luck turned to true misfortune for a truck driver who could only watch helplessly as locals robbed him of 600,000 baht in rice after his 10-wheeled truck overturned in Huai Yot district early Tuesday.
Uganda probes theft of ivory stockpile
Published on 18/11/2014
» KAMPALA — Uganda said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into the theft of more than a tonne of ivory from the vaults of its state-run wildlife protection agency and had suspended five staff members.
Khanchit moved to Bang Khwang
Online Reporters, Published on 18/11/2014
» Former Democrat MP Khanchit Thapsuwan, sentenced to death for the 2011 murder of a rival politician, has been moved from Samut Sakhon provincial prison to the high-security Bang Khwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi pending appeal and another bail request.
Cabinet endorses protest curbs
AFP, Published on 18/11/2014
» The cabinet Tuesday endorsed a bill to regulate protests, including banning the occupation of state buildings, after years of political turmoil marked by repeated rounds of demonstrations.
Intimidation in 'Billy' case alleged
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 18/11/2014
» PHETCHABURI — Four Kaeng Krachan National Park officials on Tuesday accused local police investigating the disappearance of Karen rights activist Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen of intimidating and forcing them to confess during a series of interviews.
Copter crash kills nine soldiers
Published on 18/11/2014
» Nine soldiers, including several senior officers, died after their Bell 212 helicopter crashed in Muang district of Phayao province Monday evening.
Media must 'respect the rules', Prayut says
Published on 18/11/2014
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has insisted the media enjoys freedom and denied being involved with the removal of a Thai PBS programme host.
DSI working with US to extradite fugitive ex-monk
Post Reporters, Published on 18/11/2014
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is working with the US to try to get fugitive former monk Luang Pu Nen Kham to stand trial in Thailand.
Cops doubt staff role in organ theft
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/11/2014
» Police doubt if staff members from the forensic medicine and anatomy museums at Sriraj Hospital were involved in an attempt to smuggle human organs to the US.