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Deputy Defence Minister Chaicharn Changmongkol has dismissed as misleading media reports that police had set the condition, that political activist Sirawith Seritiwat, alias Ja New, must stop his political activities, if he is to be accorded police protection. General Chaicharn made the statement in response to an impromptu interpellation, by Future Forward MP Rangsiman Rome,
Former deputy education minister Chaowarin Latthasaksiri, alias Kobori, was today sentenced to two years in prison, without suspension, by the Supreme Court after he was found guilty of defrauding B.C.P. Trading, a Cambodian company, out of about 11 million baht in a cement deal. The former Pheu Thai MP for Ratchaburi was charged with misappropriating
Almost four months after the March 24th general election, the much-awaited cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been formally announced after the publication of the Royal Command in the Royal Gazette today (Wednesday). The Cabinet: General Prawit Wongsuwan, Somkid Jatusripitak and Wissanu Krea-ngarm, Deputy Prime Ministers. Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister.
Bhumjaithai party-list MP Mrs. Natee Ratchakitprakarn was today handed a one-month prison sentence, suspended for one year, and fined 4,000 baht by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Offices after she was found guilty of failing to fully declare her assets, as legally required. Her conviction also means that she loses her
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in his capacity as head of the junta, officially known as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), issued his last executive order today, under Section 44 of the interim Constitution, to revoke about 100 NCPO orders, some concerning media restrictions and military courts. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said
The seven-party opposition coalition has stepped its campaign to solicit public support for its attempt to amend the Constitution and to educate the people about the Constitution. Speaking at a news conference, after a meeting of representatives from the seven opposition parties held today (Monday) at the head office of the Pheu Thai party, Pheu
The Future Forward party has asked the Constitutional Court to rescind its order suspending its leader, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, from performing his duty as an MP and that the court proceedings on Thanathorn’s media ownership case be held openly. The requests were made by the party secretary-general, Mr. Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, after the party’s lawyer submitted Thanathorn’s
Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan has suggested fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra should wash his hands of politics when he turns 70 on July 26th and urged the Pheu Thai party to stand on its own feet. The chairman of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) made his suggestion, in a TV interview
House Speaker Chuan Leekpai says he supports members of parliament, both male and female, wearing Thai silk or other garments made of Thai fabrics, but they must be appropriate to the occasion and venue. “I think this is a matter of appropriateness. For instance, wearing a beautiful dress to a funeral is not ‘beautiful’. Everything
Most respondents to an opinion poll, conducted by the Super Poll Research Centre, admit that honest ministers, good jobs and cheap but good food are difficult to find these days. Super Poll director Noppadol Kannikar today presented results of his qualitative and quantitative research, conducted between July 1st and 6th on 1,288 people from various
The final cabinet list has been submitted by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to the palace for Royal approval, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngarm said today (Friday). He claimed that the formation of the government has not been delayed as widely claimed, pointing out that the results of the March 24th general election were announced in
The Opposition has been rebuked for threatening to censure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in the lower House if he goes ahead with the appointment of Palang Pracharat party leader Uttama Savanayana as finance minister. Palang Pracharat deputy spokesman, Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, said today that the Opposition should allow the government to perform its duties for a
