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Prime Anutin Charnvirakul on Thursday left many Government House reporters scratching their heads with his response to a question about whether his government was too hesitant in cracking down on scam networks.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that he knows Benjamin Mauerberger, also known as Ben Smith, but that he is not close to him.
Flooding that engulfed the southern city of Hat Yai last month, killing over 100 people, also exposed deadly gaps in Thailand’s disaster-management system, experts say.
Only hours after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul presided over a press conference to announce a crackdown on alleged major scam networks on Wednesday, photos of him taken with one of the key suspects went viral on the social media.
The Emergency Flood Situation Forward Command Centre in Hat Yai will propose to the Cabinet, at its meeting next week, a waiver of water and electricity charges for November, December and January for households in Hat Yai which have been heavily affected by the devastating floods last week.
Chalerm Yubamrung, a veteran member of the Pheu Thai party, has announced his resignation from the party, in order to join the Palang Pracharath party.
Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow is paying a three-day working visit to India this weekend to discuss regional issues, including the upcoming election in Myanmar and online scams, according to an informed source.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra visited her father, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, in prison today and shared a family photo, giving her followers their first glimpse of him since his imprisonment on corruption charges in September.
People party Leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut has vowed to cleanse Thailand of organised online scam activities and bureaucratic corruption, if the party wins enough seats in parliament to enable him to become prime minister.
Varawut Silpa-archa, leader of the Chartthaipattana party, confirmed today that he and other party MPs will run in the next general election under the ticket of the Bhumjaithai party, led by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
Chartthaipattana Party leader Varawut Silpa-archa showed up at the extraordinary general meeting of the Bhumjaithai party today, possibly signalling the party’s intention to join the Bhumjaithai party to fight the next general election, expected in March next year.
All ten MPs from the Chartthaipattana party, including party leader Varawut Silpa-archa, will defect to the Bhumjaithai party, because they believe the move will better serve the public and secure the party’s political future, the party’s deputy leader, Anucha Sasomsap, confirmed today.
