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The Cabinet today approved a bill to split the Ministry of Tourism and Sports into a separate Sports Ministry and merge tourism affairs with the Ministry of Culture, which will be renamed the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has sought warrants from the Criminal Court for the arrests of 30 individuals, including People’s party MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu, for alleged involvement in forex trading fraud.
Granting amnesty to individuals charged under Thailand’s royal defamation law, or Article 112 of the Penal Code, has become more difficult, despite the controversy over Thailand's latest bid to erase politically-driven offences from the past 20 years, according to experts.
Retired police major-general Chakrapong Wiwatwanich secured Senate approval last month to serve as a Constitutional Court judge, despite mounting questions over his qualifications.
The Constitutional Court ruled by a 7-2 majority today that the government's emergency decree, authorising the Ministry of Finance to borrow 400 billion baht to address the energy crisis and support Thailand's energy transition, is constitutional.
The House of Representatives began final deliberation today of the Peaceful Society Promotion bill, commonly known as the ‘amnesty bill’, which aims to exonerate all political offenders convicted, on trial, prosecuted or charged with a wide range of political offences in the past 20 years.
Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said today that he will launch a personal Facebook page to explain the government's economic policies in greater depth.
A Criminal Court today acquitted seven activists of charges under the lèse majesté and sedition laws in connection with a public opinion poll on royal motorcades conducted outside Siam Paragon shopping mall four years ago.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has set up a fact-finding committee, headed by his deputy, Pakorn Nilprapunt, to investigate alleged fraud in recruitment examinations for the Department of Local Administration.
People's Party MP Pawoot Pongvitayapanu reported to Department of Special Investigation (DSI) investigators today to provide documents and explain financial transactions linked to a company called Spark Digital, as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged foreign exchange (forex) fraud scheme.
People's Party lawmaker Rukchanok Srinork has emerged as the most prominent opposition figure in the latest Suan Dusit Poll, outperforming her party leader, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, in public recognition.
The Eastern Economic Corridor Office (ECCO) and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) have agreed in principle to proceed with a standard-rail project linking Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-Tapao airports.
