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The Election Commission (EC) is investigating what is seen by many as attempts by ousted prime minster Thaksin Shinawatra to exert influence over Pheu Thai Party, EC secretary-general Jarungvith Phumma said today. He was responding to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon’s remarks on Monday that the media should ask the EC whether it should
As former coup leader Gen Sunthorn Kongsompong’s son, new Army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong can never say what many people think regarding toppling a government by military force. The real issue, therefore, is what he will actually do in the future, not what he ambiguously said the other day. But even if what he said
(Reuters) – He ran social media for Saudi Arabia’s crown prince. He masterminded the arrest of hundreds of his country’s elite. He detained a Lebanese prime minister. And, according to two intelligence sources, he ran journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by giving orders over Skype. Saud al-Qahtani, a top
Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will have to be a fugitive for his entire life because the statute of limitations of all the legal cases pending against him in court is infinite, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said Monday. Thaksin was sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of
As former coup leader Gen Sunthorn Kongsompong’s son, new Army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong can never say what many people think regarding toppling a government by military force. The real issue, therefore, is what he will actually do in the future, not what he ambiguously said the other day. But even if what he said
The ill-fated passenger van which crashed, killing nine Myanmar migrant workers in Kampahaeng Phet Sunday, was overloaded and its GPS system switched offf, said the Kamphaeng Phet provincial land transport chief on Monday. Mr Surachai Tubya, the provincial transport chief, said the land transport office had decided to suspend the driving licence of the driver
Monday, October 22, 2018: Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan made a few comments on Thaksin Shinawatra today. Much of what he said was expected, and most significantly perhaps was his strong confirmation that the general election would take place on February 24 next year. He said that Thaksin was muddying the Thai water ahead of
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) today released surveillance camera footage showing the moment an express train flew off the tracks yesterday as it sped around a bend in Taiwan’s Yilan County, causing 18 deaths and 187 injuries, Taiwan News reported. The Puyuma express train had a total of 366 passengers onboard when it came off
Prime Minister Hun Sen has renewed his vow not to negotiate with former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and reiterated that he would only hold direct talks with the international community over political issues in Cambodia, according to the Phnom Penh Post Online on Monday. During his meeting with Cambodian students studying in Istanbul, Turkey, on
Ms Kanchana Silpa-archa, a former deputy education minister and the only daughter of the late former prime minister Banharn Silpa-archa, is expected to be voted the new leader of Chart Thai Pattana Party at its general assembly this week , informed sources in the party said Sunday. The sources said Kanchana’s younger brother, Varawut, has
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan scored 9.8 out of a total of 10 in an opinion poll conducted by Suan Dusit Poll on public satisfaction toward the government’s efforts to tackle non-forrmal debts. Suan Dusit Poll gauged the opinions of 582 people of a wide range of occupations and ages during October
Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is scheduled to give a lecture on the upcoming general elections and the future of Thai politics at the Stockholm University, Sweden, early next month. The website of the Forum for Asian Studies of the Stockholm University said Thaksin will respond to questions on Thailand’s political future and offer his
RIYADH (REUTERS) – As Saudi Arabia faced intensifying international scepticism over its story about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a senior government official laid out a new version of the death inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that in key respects contradicts previous explanations. The latest account, provided by a Saudi official who requested
The anticipated depression made landfall in Kui Buri district of Prachuab Khiri Khan province at 10 pm Saturday night and has weakened into a low pressure cell, causing more rain and heavy rain in the central, eastern, southern and lower northern regions today and tomorrow, said the Meteorological Department. The department warned people living in
A man was killed after his pickup truck plunged into a roadside swamp as he was livestreaming himself driving in a heavy rain on Sunday afternoon in Wang Thong district of Phitsanulok province. Police identified the man as Mr Pongthep (surname unknown), 37, a resident of Wang Thong district. The accident took place on a
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Sunday called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate a “huge and grave mistake,” but sought to shield its powerful crown prince from the widening crisis, saying Mohammed bin Salman had not been aware. The comments from Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir were some of the most
