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Human Rights Watch’s Asia division urged Cambodian authorities today to explain immediately the disappearance of an exiled Thai political activist, who is reported to have been abducted by armed men in front of his apartment in Phnom Penh on Thursday. The 37-year old activist, Mr. Wanchalerm Satsaksit, was apparently bundled into a vehicle at gunpoint
Former international crime prosecutor, Mr. Wanchai Roujanavong, has likened the proposed rehabilitation of Thai Airways International to the opening of a Pandora’s Box, which will expose extensive corruption in the ailing national flag carrier which has hitherto been hidden from the public. Writing in his Facebook post today, Mr. Wanchai said that the rehabilitation
Breaking his long silence about speculation that he might be elected the new leader of the ruling Palang Pracharat party, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan told the Thai media today that he is not ready to take the job. The Deputy Prime Minister said that he is not involved in politics within the Palang
Twelve potential business and leisure activities are next in line to resume in the fourth phase of lockdown easing in July, with CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin saying today that they will have to discuss guidelines for the relaxation with the operators. The activities include schools and educational institutes, nurseries and homes for the
Thailand’s new COVID-19 cases surged to 17 today, all of them Thais in state quarantine, after returning from the Middle East. The double-digit single day increase has brought the country’s cumulative infections to 3,101, with 2,968 recoveries. The death toll remains at 58. CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said today that 13 of the
Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan looks set to become leader of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party, which will hold a general assembly to elect a new executive committee by July 15. The line-up change is being made after 18 of the 34 party executives quit their posts on Monday, in a move seen
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors charged three more police officers Wednesday in the death of George Floyd and filed a new, tougher charge against the officer at the center of the case, delivering a victory to protesters who have filled the streets from coast to coast to fight police brutality and racial injustice. The most serious
U.S. unrest over the death of a black man in police custody has reversed the usual tide of diplomacy over human rights, as nations stung by American criticism over the years return fire, accusing U.S. authorities of double standards. China and Iran, described respectively in the past as authoritarian and a mafia-like state by U.S.
The Supreme Court has upheld the 4-year prison sentence handed down by a lower court to a businessman who, under the influence of methamphetamines, rammed his Mercedes Benz into the rear of another car, causing it to catch fire and killing its 2 student occupants. In confirming the Appeal Court’s verdict, the Supreme Court rejected
Thailand’s GDP for the whole of 2020 is forecast to contract by as much as 6%, instead of 5% as previously projected, according to the Kasikorn Research Centre (KRC). Ms. Natthaporn Triratsirikul, assistant managing director of the KRC, said today that, although growth in the first quarter of the year was better than projected, economic
Rome (AFP) – Italy reopens to travellers from Europe on Wednesday, three months after the country went into coronavirus lockdown, with all hopes pinned on reviving the key tourism industry as the summer season begins. Gondolas are ready to punt along Venice’s canals, lovers will be able to act out “Romeo and Juliet” on Verona’s famed
Operators of more than 80 privately owned children’s nurseries today lodged an appeal with the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration, through the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the PM’s Office, to allow them to reopen by June 15th. They claim that the prolonged closure of nurseries, as part of the COVID-19 lockdown, has severely
Thailand recorded one new COVID-19 case today (Wednesday), bringing the cumulative cases in the country, since the outbreak began, to 3,084, with no new fatalities. CCSA assistant spokesperson Dr. Panprapha Yongtrakul said today that the new case is a 26-year old Thai student who arrived from Saudi Arabia via Malaysia on May 25th and entered
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s economy shrank last quarter, setting the scene for what will be the country’s first technical recession in three decades as entire business sectors were shut down to fight the coronavirus. Wednesday’s data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed the A$2 trillion ($1.39 trillion) economy contracted 0.3% in the quarter
