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Inquiry to be launched into false receipts
News, Chakrapan Natanri and Pattanapong Sripirachai, Published on 11/02/2018
» KHON KAEN: Santi Laoboonsa-ngiam, deputy governor of Khon Kaen, has vowed to launch a probe into a scandal involving alleged falsification of receipts for reimbursement at a welfare centre.
Sudden drop in temperatures picked for upper parts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/02/2018
» The Meteorological Department has warned people in the upper part of the country to brace for sudden changes in temperatures over the next seven days.
ITD under pressure over state contracts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/02/2018
» Stock Exchange of Thailand-listed Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) has been thrust into an unwelcome spotlight as questions have been raised over its corporate governance after the arrest of its president, accused of poaching wildlife in a Kanchanaburi World Heritage sanctuary.
Owner in jumbo case plea to PM
News, Asawin Wongnorkaew, Published on 06/02/2018
» Lampang: The Karen owner of two domestic elephants confiscated two years ago has asked the premier to force authorities to return his jumbos.
Elephant hunting idea was 'joke'
News, Published on 28/01/2018
» Natural Resource and Environment Minister Surasak Karnjanarat has sought to dispel concern over an apparent proposal to invoke Section 44 to legalise the hunting of wild elephants.
Time is on your side … if the watch is fast
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/01/2018
» Recent debate about fancy timepieces had me thinking about my first ever watch, which my dad bought when I was a kid. He was a stickler for punctuality and hated being late for anything. When he gave me the watch it came with sage-like advice. He told me to always set it a few minutes fast so I wouldn't be late, and to this day it has proved wise counsel. Of course it didn't stop me being late, but at least I was two or three minutes earlier in my lateness than I would otherwise have been, if that makes sense.
Milestones
News, Published on 21/01/2018
» Sentenced: By the Criminal Court to 80 and a half years in prison, serial bomber Watana Pumret. The 63-year-old was most famously convicted of the Phramongkutklao Hospital bombing last year. So far, for four bombings and an explosive cache, Watana has received prison sentences of 111 years and six months plus fines of 1,475 baht. He has two other cases to go.
Court drops Sulak royal insult charge
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/01/2018
» Military prosecutors yesterday dropped lese majeste charges against 85-year-old historian and social critic Sulak Sivaraksa who questioned whether a Thai king had actually defeated a Burmese adversary in combat on elephant-back more than 400 years ago.
B15m of ivory seized en route to China
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/01/2018
» Customs officials have confiscated elephant ivory worth 15 million baht (US$469,200) believed to have been smuggled into Thailand by wildlife traders from Nigeria.
Man held in Phayao for smuggling deer carcass
News, Saiarun Pinaduang & Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 10/01/2018
» A man has been detained in Phayao province after being caught in possession of a muntjac carcass believed to have been smuggled in from neighbouring Laos, the local national park authorities said yesterday.