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A traffic police lieutenant, based at Samsen Police Station, continued to perform his duty directing traffic in front of Vajira Hospital yesterday, even after his own car had been swallowed by the massive sinkhole, into which the road had collapsed.
The Anutin administration plans to organise a referendum, to enable the public to decide whether to cancel the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) between Thailand and Cambodia, according to its policy statement.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will deliver the government’s policy statement to parliament on Monday, followed by a two-day debate by opposition and government MPs.
Prime Minister Anutin said today that initial assessments suggested the road collapse near Vajira Hospital on Samsen Road was caused by soil sliding into the Purple Line station due to groundwater movement and a ruptured water pipe.
HRH Princess Chulabhorn has launched a fund, under the Chulabhorn Foundation, to support Thai Army border activities that safeguard the nation.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has reaffirmed his commitment to dissolve the House within four months after presenting his government’s policy and expects the next general election to take place in early April next year.
Their Majesties the King and Queen granted a royal audience today to Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his newly appointed Cabinet members during an oath of allegiance ceremony.
The Dusit District Office issued an edict this afternoon, prohibiting the use of buildings near the Samsen Road sinkhole for safety reasons.
Two workers, from the city administration’s public disaster prevention and mitigation office, narrowly escaped injury when they lowered themselves on ropes to the bottom of the 50-metre sinkhole, which appeared on Samsen Road this morning, in their attempt to retrieve a car.
Three people have drowned in floodwaters in the Sena and Bang Ban districts of the central province of Ayutthaya, as the water level in the Chao Phraya, Pasak and Noi rivers, as well as in the network of canals, is steadily rising.
The postponement of the special Regional Border Committee (RBC) meeting, between Thailand and Cambodia, is intended to give both countries more time to amass clearer details on key issues, including scam operations, landmine clearance and border management.
Cambodia’s National Defence Ministry has admitted that its army personnel accidentally fired two shots along the Thai-Cambodian border recently.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement today, challenging Thailand’s allegation that Cambodian villagers have encroached on Thai territory in Ban Nong Ya Kaew in Khok Soong district of Sa Kaeo province. It also calls on Thailand to resolve the pending border conflict through the Joint Boundary Commission (JBC).
New Defence Minister General Nattaphon Narkphanit has stepped straight into a political minefield by backing the reopening of Thailand’s border with Cambodia, citing pressure from a third country affected by the blockade.
US President Donald Trump blasted the United Nations and Europe on his return to the world body Tuesday, warning that migration is sending Western nations "to hell" and dismissing climate change as a "con job."
Evacuations were ordered this morning near Vajira Hospital on Samsen Road after a massive sinkhole, about 50 meters deep, formed following a road collapse and began expanding.
