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Members of the public started gathering at the Victory Monument in Bangkok before noon today, to join an anti-government rally organised by a political grouping, who called themselves the “United Force for the Protection of Sovereignty”.
Pheu Thai MP for Chiang Rai, Pichet Chuamuangphan, was removed from his post as the deputy House speaker, stripped of his parliamentary status and banned from contesting elections for ten years by the Constitutional Court today, after he was found guilty of constitutional violations over the misuse of budget.
The Interior ministry has given the greenlight to the Land Department to start revoking land title deeds and other land occupation rights covering about 800 hectares at Khao Kradong, in Buri Ram’s Muang district, including the Chang Arena and Chang International Circuit owned by the Chidchob family.
Thailand would be violating the Olympic Charter should it decide to ban Cambodia from the SEA Games this December, Chaipak Siriwat, SEAA Games Federation Council president, said today.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders is set to deliver a ruling on September 9th in the case of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s questionable six-month stay on the 14th floor of the Police General Hospital (PGH), for treatment of purportedly critical illnesses, without spending a day behind bars serving a prison sentence.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today she believes Thailand’s ongoing conflicts with Cambodia stemmed from her government’s crackdowns on call scam centers.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra told members of the coalition parties on Tuesday night that she is optimistic that she will return to perform her duties as prime minister.
The Senate voted on two Constitutional Court judge nominations today, endorsing one and rejecting the other, amidst a heated debate over whether to delay the vote.
A complainant against controversial senator Dr Keskamol Pleansamai, who is facing criminal charges over an allegedly fraudulent claim involving the use of the title “Professor” in her Senate election bid, has urged the Election Commission (EC) to submit the case to the Supreme Court this week.
The cabinet approved the Finance Ministry’s nomination, of Government Savings Bank president and CEO Vitai Ratanakorn, as the new governor of the Bank of Thailand today, succeeding Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, whose five-year term is due to expire on September 30th.
A neurosurgeon at the Police General Hospital (PGH), Pol Col Chana Chongchokdee MD, who was the doctor in charge of treating former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, asked the Supreme Court, during a hearing on Friday, why he had to appear before the court for treating the patient.
Thai authorities are closing in on Kok An, a powerful Cambodian senator and casino tycoon accused of masterminding a vast transnational scam network along the border.
