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'Lenient treatment' for US delegation
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 07/07/2020
» Activist Srisuwan Janya is calling on the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) over its preferential treatment of a high-profile US delegation which will arrive in Thailand on Thursday.
MP seeks support for anti-torture bill
Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/07/2020
» A Move Forward Party list-MP has called on all lawmakers to back a bill outlawing torture and forced disappearances, saying the proposed law would help raise human rights standards in the country.
Gen. Prawit enjoins provinces to work with locals, focusing on underground water standard
Published on 07/07/2020
» General Prawit Wongsuwan, Deputy Prime Minister, pronounced a new policy to provincial governors, Offices of Local Administration, and other related departments, to together look after the groundwater refilling mission.
Q1 household debt at 80% of GDP, highest in 4 years
Reuters, Published on 07/07/2020
» Thailand's household debt level to gross domestic product (GDP) rose slightly to 80.1% in the first quarter, the highest level in four years, central bank data showed, with the trend set to continue as the coronavirus outbreak squeezes the economy.
TNSC sees 10% export drop
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 07/07/2020
» Thai shippers have downgraded the country’s export outlook to a 10% contraction, deeper than the previous forecast of an 8% drop, with the finger pointed at the coronavirus crisis and the strong baht.
Vietnam jails Facebook user for 8 years over 'anti-state' posts
Published on 07/07/2020
» HANOI: A court in Vietnam on Tuesday sentenced a man to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of uploading anti-state posts on his Facebook account, the security ministry said.
Man charged with raping stepdaughter
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/07/2020
» A 38-year-old man has been detained and charged with the repeated rape of his young stepdaughter, and illegal use of drugs.
Australia's second-biggest city under new virus lockdown
AFP, Published on 07/07/2020
» MELBOURNE - Five million Melbourne residents were ordered back into lockdown after coronavirus cases surged in Australia's second-biggest city Tuesday.
B200m drugs, assets seized from 11 suspects
Online Reporters, Published on 07/07/2020
» Police arrested 11 suspects and seized 1.5m meth pills, 2.4 tonnes of cannabis, six kilogrammes of ketamine and assets worth altogether 200 million baht in three drug trafficking cases during the long weekend.
Malaysia probes Al Jazeera documentary about migrant arrests
Reuters, Published on 07/07/2020
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police on Tuesday said they will summon reporters of news broadcaster Al Jazeera for questioning over a documentary on the country's arrests of undocumented migrants, which authorities have accused of being an attempt to tarnish Malaysia's image.