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A group of 416 former staffers of the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have urged the selection committee to choose a person who is honest, competent, fair, transparent and without political connections as the next chairman of the board of the central bank at its meeting on Monday.
Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra visited his daughter, Prime Minister Paetongtarn, who took sick leave yesterday due to a sore throat.
Deputy Transport Minister Manaporn Charoensri has admitted that she is the person, referred to as “M” by the Palang Pracharath party in allegations of involvement in the business of iCon Group, but has denied having any connection with the beleaguered e-commerce company.
The opposition Palang Pracharath party is urging the government to drop MOU44, between Thailand and Cambodia, before negotiating exploration and drilling rights for gas and oil in the overlapping claims area in the Gulf of Thailand, claiming that Thailand could lose half of Kut Island to its eastern neighbour.
China will soon be sending two pandas to Thailand, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries next year.
The Criminal Court acquitted an online influencer, two directors of an advertising agency and an executive of the Lazada e-commerce company of lèse majesté charges today, for the making and dissemination of a promotional video featuring a character who, allegedly, resembled HRH Princess Chulabhorn.
Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered a fact-finding committee to investigate Wissanu Lertsongkhram, the deputy district chief of Tha Uthen district of Nakhon Phanom, one of the defendants in the expired Tak Bai massacre case, after he reported to work on Monday.
The Parliament is scheduled to debate constitutional amendments in a joint sitting of the House and Senate in December, according to Parliament President Wan Muhamad Noor Matha today.
More than half of survey respondents believe that the government of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will survive until the end or close to the end of its term in 2027, according to Nida Poll.
Washington, United States - When political outsider Donald Trump defied polls and expectations to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election, he described the victory as "beautiful."
The chance of an amnesty bill for political offenders, including those charged with lèse majesté, appears doomed after the House of Representatives rejected, by 270:149 votes yesterday, the observations made by a House panel on a report on how to draft an amnesty bill for political offenders. Five MPs abstained.
As the 20-year statute of limitations is due to expire on the Tak Bai massacre case tomorrow at midnight, the opposition Thai Sang Thai party urged Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra today to offer a public apology for the deaths of 85 people
