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The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has confirmed reports that its officers visited the homes of former senatorial candidates in Amnat Charoen province as part of their investigation into alleged criminal association and collusion in the Senate election last year.
The Thai Embassy in Islamabad has advised Thai nationals to avoid traveling to Pakistan as tensions between Pakistan and India escalate.
The acceptance of applications for the position of Governor of the Bank of Thailand (BOT), who will replace incumbent Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, will begin next Tuesday.
The opposition People’s Party will seek an explanation from the Office of the Secretary-General of the Lower House regarding the expansion of the parking facilities in the parliament complex.
Embattled American academic Paul Chambers has appealed against the termination of his employment at Naresuan University and is demanding a fact-finding investigation into his case.
Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) is expected to issue letters asking an initial group of 60 senators to acknowledge charges of senatorial election collusion and to present evidence in their defence.
The director-general of the Region 6 Public Prosecutors’ Office decided today to drop lèse majesté and computer crime charges against American academic Paul Chambers.
A leading professional association of political scientists in the United States has expressed grave concern over the arrest and detention of Paul Chambers, a political scientist and American academic at Naresuan University, on charges of violating the law on lese majeste.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Office decided today to hold an inquiry, scheduled for June 13, to find out if the prison term imposed on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had been enforced.
Prachin Buri Governor Veera Dee-on made an abrupt U-turn, rescinding his order appointing a Chinese national as his official advisor, after the appointment was exposed by the US-based investigative website “CSI LA”, renowned for exposing irregularities in government agencies and among politicians.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Office is due to deliver a ruling on Wednesday, in response to a petition by former Democrat MP Charnchai Issarasena Na Ayudhya for an enquiry into the Corrections Department’s handling the imprisonment of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The Kla Tham party candidate, Kongkiat Katesombat, has won yesterday’s by-election in Constituency 8 of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, with 37,294 votes against 28,417 for the runner-up, Sawai Loengseenil of the Bhumjaithai party.
