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A bodyguard to four Shinawatra-allied prime ministers, Police Colonel Watanyu Witthayapalothai seems to have had nine lives in a decades-long career marked by political storms.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today that he had signed an official letter seeking a Royal Command to remove National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) chairman Dr Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck from office due to his disqualification.
The mayor of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO), Pol Col Thongchai Yenprasert, was shot and critically wounded at the PAO office compound this morning, allegedly by former Nonthaburi MP Chalong Riewraeng over an 11-million-baht debt. His driver was also shot and seriously injured.
A candidate who ranked 132nd on the initial list for the Local Administration Department’s recruitment exam last year has jumped to first place on the revised list.
The parliamentary Opposition camp will seek a censure debate against the government during the next House session, with the ruling Bhumjaithai party's alleged Senate election fraud top of the agenda, according to People's party deputy leader Parit Wacharasindhu.
Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the now defunct Move Forward party, told People’s party MPs that they may feel tired and demoralised, but they must never give up their fight and must be prepared to convert opportunities into victory.
Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit has filed a police complaint against people she alleges spread false information about her on social media in connection with a fatal ambush in Narathiwat province in which five paramilitary rangers were killed.
Opposition parties presented four witnesses today in the high-profile case of alleged collusion in the Senate election two years ago, at a forum held in parliament to mark the second anniversary of the poll.
Democracy watchdog Yingcheep Atchanont has implicated Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and eight other Bhumjaithai chiefs in alleged Senate vote-rigging in 2024, sparking a furious legal backlash.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today announced the seizure of more than 1,900 Bitcoin mining machines, worth about 200 million baht, during coordinated raids at seven locations in Samut Sakhon and Nakhon Pathom provinces.
The Narathiwat provincial public prosecutor has decided not to indict a naval officer charged by police with attempting to murder People’s Party MP Kamonsak Leewamoh due to insufficient evidence.
People's Party MP Piyarat Chongthep today filed criminal complaints against a group of civilians and state officials, accusing them of fabricating evidence that was used to prosecute him in a subsequently dismissed lèse-majesté case.
