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Lese majeste offender, aged 65, jailed for one year
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2015
» The Appeals Court on Tuesday sentenced a 65-year-old woman accused of lese majeste to one year in prison without suspension, overriding the lower court’s ruling suspending her jail term for three years to allow treatment for mental illness.
Senior abbot believed to have committed suicide
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2015
» The abbot of a popular temple in Bangkok’s Rat Burana district, on the Thon Buri side of the Chao Phraya River, is believed to have shot himself dead in his room, police said on Tuesday.
Areepong shuffled out of Energy Ministry
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2015
» The cabinet has approved the transfer of the permanent secretary of energy, Areepong Bhoocha-oom, back to his earlier position as secretary-general of the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (OPSDC), PM's Office Minister Panadda Diskul said.
CDC tries to soothe worried bureaucrats
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2015
» The spokesman for the Constitution Drafting Committee on Tuesday played down concerns from village and subdistrict administrators that sections of the draft constitution aimed at reforming local government would end their careers, saying their status will not change.
Meeting on migrant crisis set for May 29
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2015
» Thailand will host a May 29 regional meeting on the flow of migrants through the Bay of Bengal, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday, as it grapples with an "unprecedented" human-trafficking crisis.
Prayut shrugs off Thaksin appearance
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha acted unworried Tuesday about a planned speech by Thaksin Shinawatra at an international conference in Seoul.
2 Thai workers die in Israel car accident
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2015
» Two Thais working in southern Israel were killed and six others injured Tuesday when a tractor they were travelling in was struck by a commercial truck, said Sek Wannamethee, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry.