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The Cabinet has approved, in principle, a proposal from the Labour Ministry seeking to allow displaced persons from Myanmar, currently residing in nine refugee camps in Mae Hong Son, Tak, Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi, to work legally in Thailand for one year to ease the current labour shortage, according to Labour Minister Pongkawin Juangroongruangkit.
Suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will not be present in the Constitutional Court this Friday, when it is scheduled to deliver its ruling in the case concerning her telephone conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, Somkid Chuekong, deputy secretary-general for political affairs of the prime minister, disclosed today.
The cabinet approved 1.7 billion baht to build bomb shelters in seven provinces bordering Cambodia and to pay additional compensation to households affected by the fierce fighting late last month between Thai and Cambodian forces.
The Criminal Court today acquitted Piyarat Chongthep, known as “Toto,” a Bangkok MP of the People’s Party, in a lèse-majesté case.
Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said he will look into a petition, filed by a deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), seeking justice over, what he considers to be, unfair treatment in this year’s police reshuffle.
The Constitutional Court will take action against those involved in the dissemination and distortion of video clips and information claiming to be from last Friday’s hearing related to suspended prime minister Paetongtarn’s conversation with Cambodia’s Hun Sen.
The Constitutional Court has decided to bring forward the date for suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and a group of 36 senators to submit their closing statements in the Paetongtarn-Hun Sen telephone call case, from August 27th to August 25th. The date for the reading of the verdict remains August 29th at 9.30am.
The Criminal Court today acquitted former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of lèse-majesté charges stemming from a 2015 interview with a South Korean media outlet.
Opposition MPs cried foul today over what they described as a broken promise by the government, when Deputy House Speaker Chaiya Promma, of the Pheu Thai party, abruptly adjourned the House sitting before a closed-door debate on the controversial MOU 43 and 44 between Thailand and Cambodia could take place.
Embattled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra attended the Constitutional Court’s final hearing this morning over her controversial telephone conversation with Cambodia’s strongman Hun Sen.
People’s party spokesman, Parit Wacharasindhu, has expressed doubt over the accuracy and credibility of the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s (NACC) Integrity and Transparency Assessment (ITA) ratings for the State Audit Office (SAO) and the Ministry of Labour, including the Office of Social Security, among other state agencies.
Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin told the Senate today that the investigation into the conduct of Dr. Supat Hasuwannakit, head of the Rural Doctor Society and director of Sabayoi District Hospital, was undertaken in accordance with procedure and that he would treat the case with fairness.
