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Six Pattani blasts prompt Chinese New Year fears
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 12/02/2018
» PATTANI: Six Sunday morning bomb blasts in the province’s three districts which left nine people, including the Yaring district chief, injured have sent authorities scrambling to boost security amid fears of more attacks during the Chinese New Year festival.
Govt wary of inflaming protests
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 12/02/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the secretary-general of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to keep a close watch on all political movements and take extreme precautions when pursuing legal action, according to sources.
Yingluck chase switches to China
Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2018
» The police team responsible for tracking fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s whereabouts will on Monday seek cooperation from the Chinese authorities in locating Yingluck after she appeared in an online photo along with her fugitive brother Thaksin at a market said to be in Beijing.
Sanctuary with a proud past
Published on 12/02/2018
» All eyes have turned to the Thungyai Nareasuan Wildlife Sanctuary and Unesco World Heritage site in Kanchanaburi province where construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta and his entourage were caught allegedly hunting wildlife in one of the world’s most renowned forest ecological systems.
Wichien gives more evidence in poaching case
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 12/02/2018
» KANCHANABURI: Wichien Chinnawong, chief of the Western Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, and three other park rangers met police investigators Sunday in Thong Pha Phum district to give further statements about alleged poaching by Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) president Premchai Karnasuta.
Drug gangs use Thailand as transit point to Malaysia
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/02/2018
» Arecent major crackdown, in which 250 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine were intercepted while being smuggled on a train to the South, has underlined observations that Thailand has become a transit point for transnational drug smuggling.
PM won’t call poll without a fight
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 12/02/2018
» There seems to be no doubt among political observers about the regime’s political ambitions, especially given Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s recent penchant for taking his cabinet on the road. His trips to the countryside can only mean one thing: He wants to return to power after the polls.
Graft probe into flood aid wraps up
Yongyuth Phuphuangpet, Published on 12/02/2018
» KALASIN: A committee, probing alleged corruption in the province’s flood rehabilitation programme for affected farmers, is expected to submit its findings to the provincial governor this week.
New health benefits, transplants on the way
Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2018
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is set to approve payment for 11 selected health promotion, prevention and rehabilitation services.
New welfare benefits total B12bn in 4 months
Post Reporters, Published on 12/02/2018
» Almost 12 billion baht was disbursed during the first four months of the government’s welfare and subsidy scheme for the poor, according to the Comptroller-General’s Department.