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Five more elephants have been found dead in the creek of Haew Narok waterfall in Khao Yai national park, bringing the number elephant deaths to 11. They apparently died after falling from the steep waterfall. Mr. Sompote Maneerat, spokesman for the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, told Thai PBS online news service
The four-party working committee, set up at the order of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, agreed unanimously today to ban the production, import, sale and use of paraquat glyphosate and chlorpyrifos as of December 1st as a New Year’s gift for the Thai people. Deputy Agriculture Minister Mananya Thaiseth, who chairs the ad hoc committee, said
The Judicial Commission has set up a three-member panel to conduct a fact-finding investigation into the self-inflicted shooting of a chief judge at Yala provincial court last Friday and his allegations of interference in his handling of a case. Mr. Saravuth Benjakul, secretary-general of the Judicial Affairs Office, said today that the panel comprises Mrs.
House Speaker Chuan Leekpai has advised opposition parties to move cautiously if they want to amend any provision in the Constitution relating to resolving the southern unrest problem, in order to avoid past mistakes, resulting in a deterioration of the situation. In his address on amending the charter, at King Mongkut Institute today, Mr. Chuan
The Iraqi government announced a series of reforms early Sunday after an “extraordinary” session overnight in response to sweeping anti-government rallies that have left nearly 100 dead in less than a week. The United Nations on Saturday urged an end to violence in Iraq, after five days of protests calling for the government to resign. Confronted
10 days before the national budget bill for 2020 fiscal year is due to be debated in parliament, Opposition leader Sompong Amornvivat announced today that his MPS will not vote for the bill “because the Opposition has never voted in support before”. Mr. Sompong, who is also Pheu Thai party leader, said that the Opposition’s
The Palang Pracharat party has questioned the authority of Future Forward secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, in his capacity as chairman of the House Committee on Laws, Justice and Human Rights, over his move to summon a senior officer of the southern Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) for questioning after the officer accused 12 politicians and academics
Opposition parties today lodged a complaint with Crime Suppression Division police (CSD) accusing the commander of the Fourth Army Region, Lt-Gen Pornsak Poonsawat, and Maj-Gen Burin Thongprapai, a specialist with the forward command of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC), of making false allegations. The Opposition bloc referred to the complaint, filed by Maj-Gen Burin
The Thai student, who has been held in custody in Egypt by the country’s security officials since his arrest on September 24th on suspicion of links to Islamic State, has been released and returned to his family in the southern Thai province of Yala. A well-informed source said that the student, whose identity has not
Over half of the respondents to a Suan Dusit Poll feel that the performance of the pre and post-election governments under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha are the same. The poll gauged the opinions of 1,223 people from various occupations across the country between October 1st and 5th. 51.68% of the respondents said there is no
Park officials have deployed drones to search for two wild elephants, which climbed out of the ravine at Haew Narok waterfall in Khao Yai national park, after officials delivered a truckload of bananas for the pachyderms to eat and regain their strength. Meanwhile, officials have also strung nets across the creek to prevent three dead
Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to promote a “long-term, sound and stable” relationship with North Korea, state news agency Xinhua said Sunday, as the two countries mark 70 years of diplomatic relations. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un also sent a message to Xi saying their countries’ “invincible friendship will be immortal on the road of accomplishing the cause of
A Hong Kong court rejected on Sunday a challenge to an emergency law criminalising protesters wearing face masks as democracy activists hit the streets again in defiance of the ban despite half the city’s subway stations remaining closed. Thousands of protesters have staged unsanctioned flashmob rallies across the strife-torn city — some vandalising subway stations and shops —
Masked pro-democracy protesters marched through Hong Kong in defiance of a ban on face coverings as much of the city ground to a halt on Saturday, with the subway suspended and many shops shuttered following another night of violence. Thousands of protesters staged unsanctioned marches and flashmob protests at multiple locations, a day after the city’s leader outlawed
A group of residents of Ongkharak district in Nakhon Nayok province are camping in front of the Thailand Nuclear Technology Institute to oppose the institute’s plan to build a 20-megawatt nuclear reactor on its compound in the district. The anti-nuclear protesters are demanding a meeting with the executives of the institute on Monday for an
The Pheu Thai party is urging the government to investigate alleged meddling with the judiciary after a judge in the Yala provincial court shot himself on Friday in an apparent suicide bid related to unwarranted interference. Pheu Thai deputy spokesperson Ms. Sunisa Thivakorndamrong today (Saturday) called on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step in and
