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Thailand’s Labour Ministry is coordinating with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to step up efforts to bring home about 50 Thai fishermen stranded on two trawlers off the coast of Somalia’s Bosaso province, Labour Minister M.R, Chatu Mongkol Sonakul said today. He disclosed that Thai ambassador to Kenya, Mr. Cherdkiat Atthakor, had spoken with one
House Speaker Chuan Leekpai has ordered a tightening of security at the new parliament building ahead of the first Senate meeting at the facility today (Monday). While admitting that he had no details about the explosions in Bangkok on Friday, he appealed to members of the public to be the “eyes and ears” of officials
The seven-party Opposition will submit an interpellation to the House Speaker on Wednesday, seeking an explanation from Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over the cabinet’s swearing-in ceremony last month, which is alleged to be unconstitutional because the Prime Minister did not recite the full oath, as legally required. In his capacity as the Opposition’s chief whip,
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today (Monday) that the cabinet’s swearing-in issue was over because his recital of the oath had included the full text of the oath and was in line with the Constitution. His remark was in response to the Opposition’s demand that he clarify the issue in parliament and admit that he
People living around the gold mine operated by Akara Resources Plc, who claim to be adversely affected by the company’s operations, plan to petition Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday about what they allege to be foot dragging by the National Anti-Corruption Commission in its fact-finding investigation into the gold mine. The petitioners, claiming to
Seven vocational students have been charged with the possession and transport in public of explosives and knives following a blast in the Rama 9 area of Bangkok on Friday in which two municipal workers were injured. Citing CCTV footage and witness accounts, the metropolitan police say that the students hid a “Ping Pong” bomb in
Human rights advocacy groups are demanding that a completely new national human rights commission be appointed after the recent resignation of two commissioners, leaving only three still in the office. The Union for Civil Liberty said, in a statement issued on Friday, that it disagrees with the move by the chairman of the National Human
Thailand’s former National Human Rights commissioner, Mrs. Angkhana Neelapaijit, is to receive the prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award for championing the cause of human rights. She was recognized by the board of trustees for her unwavering courage in seeking justice for her husband and many other victims of violence and conflict in southern Thailand, as
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today that he will not tolerate explosions, even if only a handful people were injured, and he questioned the motive of the perpetrators or their masterminds for timing the violent incidents while Thailand is hosting the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting in Bangkok. Speaking at a news conference at the
At around 8.10am on Friday there was an explosion in or near a white care in a parking lot in front of the Mahanakorn Building, near Chong Non Si BTS station. At around 8.30am there was another explosion in a small flower nursery, located under a walkway connecting the BTS station with the Mahanakorn Building.
Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong has blamed the same group of people “with an old mindset” who engineered bomb attacks in Bangkok in 2006 for being behind the multiple explosions in the city today (Friday), but he says they used “new faces” to carry out the violent incidents. He said that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
The government appears to be in the hot seat over Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s alleged failure to recite the full text of the oath of allegiance during the swearing-in ceremony prior to taking office. Opposition Pheu Thai and Future Forward parties have insisted that the reciting of the full text of the oath is mandatory
