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Prayut not keen to prolong power
Online Reporters, Published on 07/08/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha made it clear on Friday that he had no intention to stay in power to complete reforms before new elections are held.
Tattoos, lovers' quarrel undo lethal BB gun modifier
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 07/08/2015
» A 19-year-old man who turned BB guns into lethal weapons and sold them online was arrested when police responding to a report of a lovers' quarrel recognised his tattoos from his Facebook profile.
Fourth Bangladeshi blogger hacked to death
Published on 07/08/2015
» DHAKA — A gang armed with machetes hacked a secular blogger to death at his home in Dhaka on Friday, sparking protests in the capital over the fourth such murder in Bangladesh this year.
Unwanted buses to continue service
Published on 07/08/2015
» The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) has scrapped a plan to sell 2,860 old buses and will repair them instead to extend their service life, as the Transport Ministry has rejected its proposal to buy 2,694 new gas-fuelled buses.
Debt ensnares thousands of police
Published on 07/08/2015
» About 2,500 police officers in the upper Northeast are defaulting on debts and about 600 are facing bankruptcy lawsuits, a regional police chief said on Friday.
Women's sensuous dance in temple draws wrath
Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 07/08/2015
» An internet video clip of two young women in short red frocks performing sexy gyrations to music in a historical temple has drawn the wrath of netizens and the authorities.
Reform councillor from Ranong red-carded
Online Reporters, Published on 07/08/2015
» The Supreme Court's election cases division has suspended the electoral rights of National Reform Councillor Sakda Sriwiriyapaibul for five years for electoral offences in Ranong province during the senate polls in early 2014.
Hunt on for accused Buri Ram grifters
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 07/08/2015
» Authorities are hunting a couple accused of swindling more than 100 million baht from local businesses in Buri Ram.
Dealer posing as soldier joined in drug raids
Online Reporters, Published on 07/08/2015
» CHIANG MAI – Police have arrested a drug dealer who passed himself off as an army officer for a long time, joining in police drug operations, despite being too short to serve in the military.
Facebook poster jailed record 30-years for lese majeste
AFP, Published on 07/08/2015
» A 48-year-old man was jailed for 30 years on Friday for insulting the monarchy on Facebook, in one of the toughest-known sentences passed under the lese majeste law.