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The Election Commission (EC) is refusing to send its representative to attend Thursday’s meeting of the special case committee of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), called to discuss legal issues regarding allegations of voting collusion in last June’s senatorial election.
Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul claimed today he had no intention of looking down on retail stock traders in his interview yesterday, saying that it was not what he meant to say.
The special case committee of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) decided today to investigate alleged money laundering related to the senatorial election held in June last year.
Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul admitted today that he and Newin Chidchob, president of Buri Ram football club and de facto leader of Bhumjaithai party, went to see former prime minister Thaksin and his daughter, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, at the Ban Chan Song La mansion on Sunday.
The Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) will send a second cohort of 1,439 Chinese nationals, who used to work in scam centres in Myanmar’s Myawaddy border township, to Mae Sot district of Thailand’s Tak province on Thursday for repatriation.
Government chief whip Wisut Chainaroon said today that, if the Opposition only wants to target Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in the forthcoming no-confidence debate, one day should be enough.
A panel of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is huddled in a closed-door meeting today, with representatives of the Office of Attorney-General, the Royal Thai Police, the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, to discuss the allegations of voting collusion in the Senate election last June.
The Cabinet is expected to consider the draft entertainment complex bill on March 11, instead of today as earlier reported, because it has just returned from review by the Council of State, which has recommended some changes, Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira said today.
Most Thai people are dissatisfied with the performance of the Pheu Thai-led government and Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra during their first six months in office and doubt they will be able to address the country’s pressing problems, according to an opinion survey conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA).
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today that she is confident all 40 Uyghurs repatriated to China will be safe and that the Thai government will follow up on their living conditions after their return.
According to Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, speaking at a press conference Thursday night, the Thai government has sent 40 Uyghurs, held in custody in Thailand for over a decade, back to China. He claims that they went of their own free will and that the Chinese government has given an assurance that they will be taken good care of and provided with jobs.
A human rights activist has criticized the Thai government’s claims that the deportation of 40 Uyghurs back to China was transparent and voluntary.
