Thanikan Pornpongsaroj

MP gets one-year jail term for letting someone vote on her behalf

  • August 3, 2022
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The Thai Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders sentenced Palang Pracharath MP for Bangkok Thanikan Pornpongsaroj to one year in prison today (Wednesday), suspended for two years, and…

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Thailand’s Cannabis and Hemp Bill sails through 1st reading in Lower House

  • June 9, 2022
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The Lower House overwhelmingly passed the first reading of the Bhumjaithai party’s Cannabis and Hemp Bill yesterday (Wednesday), which will legalise the controlled use, production, sale, import and export of…

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Historic bill to liberalise Thailand’s liquor industry passes its first reading

  • June 9, 2022
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The opposition Move Forward party’s Progressive Liquor Bill, which seeks to break the oligopoly of corporate brewers and provide business opportunities for small-scale, community based entrepreneurs, sailed through its first…

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Fumio Kishida, center, is applauded after being elected as Japan’s prime minister at the parliament’s lower house Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. Kishida was formally elected Monday as Japan’s new prime minister in a parliamentary vote, replacing Yoshihide Suga. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s Parliament elects former diplomat Kishida as new PM

  • October 4, 2021
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TOKYO (AP) — Fumio Kishida was elected Japan’s prime minister in a parliamentary vote Monday and will be tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and other domestic and global challenges…

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