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With a double-track railroad system and a road running from Hat Yai to the Sadao border station, or M84, the Transport Ministry intends to modernize the transportation system between Thailand’s southeastern borders and Malaysia.

As part of the commission’s portable meeting, Suriya Jungrunreangkit led representatives from his ministry yesterday to attend a meeting to discuss the development of infrastructure in this southern state at Hat Yai airport.

The government is focusing on building transportation links that may connect it with Malaysia given that the southern region, mainly Hat Yai, generates the majority of its money through trade and investment. It aims to encourage smooth travel, lessen operational costs, and improve local business, industry, and tourism, said Mr Suriya.

Included in this is the State Railway of Thailand’s ( SRT ) dual-track railway expansion. According to him, the SRT is preparing to send a request for three roads located in the southern area to the case for approval.

They are a 168-kilometre Chumphon- Surat Thani road, which costs 30.4 billion ringgit, a 321km Surat Thani-Hat Yai-Songkhla way, costing 66.27 billion ringgit, and a 45km Helmet Yai-Padang Basar way, costing 104.46 billion baht.

According to Mr. Suriya, they are anticipated to improve border rail transportation, which may improve logistics and reduce costs of shipping and energy.

The SRT furthermore plans to find a budget planning from the 2025 core budget for the 216km Songkhla-Sungai Kolok-Narathiwat way, due to start in 2034.

Given that the Sungai Kolok area is the biggest frontier investing area, Mr. Suriya stated that it aims to promote economic growth in the deep southern.

The other job is the 40.78 billion ringgit M84 highway linking Hat Yai with the Thai-Malaysia borders. The job is being considered for investment, with construction set to begin between 2027 and 2030, said Mr Suriya.

In Songkhla, the government delegations also discussed native infrastructure projects.

Mr Suriya said the 9.3-billion-baht east Hat Yai pass is working on property confiscation to ease overcrowding.

Myanmar on minister’s plan

China has pressed Myanmar’s government to keep its plan of cutting off strength, energy, and web across the border in an effort to force its government and ethnic groups to stop the flow of scheming gangs.

At a conference between China’s Assistant Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi and Defense Minister Phumtham Wechayachai now, the two leaders will discuss the matter.

Chinese officials have developed a number of measures to combat Chinese visit fraud gangs with bases in Myanmar, according to Maj. Gen. Thanathip Sawangsang, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense.

One involves establishing a three-country shared device with Thailand and Myanmar, according to Maj Gen Thanathip, with the addition of new members in the near future.

He added that China also requested that Thailand hold its first official meeting to discuss the anti-scam activity, which Beijing has indicated an interest in attending.

In addition, Maj Gen Thanathip added that China has asked the Thai government to continue providing some frontier towns with energy, online, and fuel despite the government’s concerns.

According to Maj Gen Thanathip,” The determine has now produced visible results and gained international recognition.”

In addition, Maj Gen Thanathip said that Chinese officials have suggested steps to stop swindlers from moving to other countries or regions as part of the assault on their unlawful activities.

He added that China has also requested support from Thailand for efforts to forcefully operate at Myanmar’s call scam centers for Chinese nationals who are trafficked by criminal gangs.

China will take its leaders to check Chinese citizens who have been victims of call center and human trafficking, as well as handle their relocation from Myanmar to the Thai side of the border until they return home.

Maj. Gen. Thanathip claimed that the Thai government had requested that the Myanmar government halt the expulsion of power, energy, and internet because it had a significant impact on residents of many towns close to the boiler rooms, especially Myawaddy.

He claimed that because clinical equipment cannot function according to power shortages, hospitals it cannot treat patients.

Importantly, Maj. Gen. Thanathip stated that Myanmar’s government may be responsible for repatriating subjects of human trafficking and defrauding victims from ethnic groups allied with the Myanmar junta to their countries from now on.

Gen Traisak Intarassamee, minister to the Defence Minister, said that he will circuit the ideas from Chinese government and the problems from the Myanmar authorities to the decision-makers in the Thai state.

He added that 200 Chinese citizens who were saved from scams in Myanmar will return apartment on a China Southern Airlines journey tomorrow.

Choocheep Pongchai, the government of Tak state, said yesterday that a group of 260 rescued from Myawaddy entered Thailand next year. Most had claimed to be survivors of human prostitution.

The patients are from 20 nations, and foreign diplomats are required to summon officials to Tak’s Mae Sot area to check their motives for visiting and take them home.

The Cobra Gold joint military training 2025 will move from Feb 25 to March 7 in Thailand, with 3, 200 US workers participating.

On February 25, at 9 a.m., the Suranaree Camp in the Muang city of Nakhon Ratchasima will host the ceremony.

According to the press release from the US embassy, Cobra Gold is the largest joint and combined practice in the Indo-Pacific area and a clear illustration of the powerful alliance and proper relationship between Thailand and the US. It also serves as a case study of the strong collaborative spirit between the other participating allies and partners.

The countries represented have worked together on save, disaster recovery, and different reactions to some real-world difficulties and crises in the region.

This year’s exercise will consist of three main events: a command-and-control exercise, charitable political assistance projects, and a field training exercise that includes a variety of training events to boost interoperability and enhance local relationships.

About 30 governments will attend either straight or as observers. Some 3, 200 US workers will visit.

The US-Thai defense empire has a long history of Cobra Gold as its emblem. The exercise demonstrates our unwavering commitment to enhancing the necessary features and readiness to tackle the Indo-Pacific’s full range of security challenges up, the statement read.

The 44th incarnation of Cobra Gold will take place this year in Bangkok, and it is being co-hosted by the Royal Thai Armed Forces.

The cooperative security exercise will improve the ability of the participating countries to organize and execute combined and joint operations, foster interoperability across a range of activities across various domains, and respond to large-scale natural disasters and virtual security threats.

Says that PP censure is taken out of context

The Social Security Office’s ( SSO ) excessive spending was criticized by the People’s Party ( PP ), which said it made a malicious accusation based on trivial matters and did not provide the public with all the necessary information.

Mr Phiphat said the SSO’s budget for the management of the Social Security Fund ( SSF ) is managed by the Social Security Board, whose members were elected, not appointed.

The secretary advised the person who caused the most controversy by making articles by attempting to question whether she had adequately informed herself.

He was responding to comments by Rakchanok Srinok, a PP MP for Bangkok, who on Saturday posted on her Instagram page her concerns over the SSO’s resources spending, citing increased expenses, such as international trips, education and public relations materials.

The SSO, the committee of the SSF, is under the Ministry of Labour.

Mr. Phiphat suggested that Ms. Rakchanok should have spoken to him about her fears, emailed him in an representation, or also grilled him in a reprimand conversation so that he would have had a chance to respond right away and that the general public would have been informed of all these details.

The recent Social Security Board comprises 21 people, including representatives from staff, companies, and government companies.

In the board member election held in December 2023, the Democratic Social Security Group, which is affiliated with the PP, won all seven seats representing the staff sector.

According to Mr Phiphat, the total budget to fund the SSF management currently accounts for only 3 % of the SSO’s entire budget, even though up to 10 % is allowed.

In response to Ms. Rakchanok’s claim that the SSO and SSF executives spend excessive amounts of money on overseas trips and education, Mr. Phiphat stated that there are strict guidelines for officers ‘ house classes when they travel abroad, which the SSO acquiesces to.

He claimed Ms. Rakchanok’s claim that more than 400 million baht were used to print dates for free submission was harmful, ignoring that the amount covered eight times.

Spending 50 million baht a month on publishing dates for 12 million folks as part of the SSF’s public relations is fair, he said.

He apologised to the 25 million SSF people, noting that some had trouble using the line due to limited ranges.

Angkhana says she needs more information to help her claims, some coworkers sceptical

On Tuesday, a motion to issue similar freedom for prisoners was abruptly withdrawn by the legislator who submitted it. This caused a brief interruption in the Senate room.

Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit withdrawn the action that demanded that the Senate support the right of all captives to receive the same level of care as former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra did during his year-long hospital stay.

Before being released on parole, Thaksin spent six months in the Police General Hospital’s advanced clinic in lieu of prison confinement.

The 75-year-old tycoon paid all the expenses for his six-month remain, including a VIP chamber that price 8, 500 ringgit a day.

Sen. Angkhana informed other senators that she had made the decision to remove the movement because the information she had at the time was insufficient.

Senator Nantana Nantavaropas, one of a small group of liberal politicians that includes Sen Angkhana, a previous head of the National Human Rights Commission, protested the decision. The&nbsp,

” If you weren’t available, you should not include submitted this movement in the first place”, Sen Nantana told her partner.

” Your]sudden ] withdrawal]of the motion ] might lead the public to suspect you have been pressured to back down”.

Sen Angkhana next resisted the details she had to support the movement had been insufficient, particularly regarding the prisoner’s death while holding a hunger strike in jail.

She was referring to Netiporn” Boong” Saneysangkhom, a crucial head of the youth-led Thalu Wang opposition party. She passed away on May 14 of last year as a result of a lengthy hunger strike while being held.

” Running to question this subject without having enough knowledge could lead to error,” Sen Angkhana said.

Sen Thanakon Thawonchinchot, however, said he and two additional lawmakers who formerly supported the movement even wanted to remove their assistance.

The Senate after voted 138 to 7 to review the removal of the movement, with seven vetoes.

Sen Angkhana later told reporters that she had no choice but to withdraw the movement because more details needed to be gathered regarding the advocate’s health care.

She stated that she wanted to address the dual requirements that Thaksin’s hospitalization exposed.

The affair at the Surin church brings back memories of a pre-ah vihear-related dispute that lasted for decades.

Cambodian border officials have a disagreement over a group of Cambodians signing their national hymn at an old church in Surin territory, but Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has downplayed the situation.

” It’s nothing”, the elite said on Tuesday when asked about a video of the incident that made some Thai people feel uncomfortable.

Ms. Paetongtarn announced that she would be in Cambodia quickly. ” There is no problem”, she said.

A group of 25 Thai women were captured in traditional attire in the movie, which was shot at the church in the Phanom Dong Rak area of Surin on February 13. The phrase” All Khmer people are happy to sacrifice their lives when the country is at war and shed blood” is reportedly sung by them in an AFP report.

A Thai government commander got into a heated argument with the group after Thai soldiers stopped them.

The 11th-century Khmer church was located on Thai land, according to Defense Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, but borders separation issues have been raging. Cambodians are permitted to visit the church in Thailand, but it is prohibited from doing so in terms of symbolic movements.

The incident brings to mind the decades-long conflict over the Preah Vihear church, which precipitated a small military conflict in 2008. The International Court of Justice decided five years later that the property to the south, west, and south of the church was Thai and the property to the northwest was.

The Suranaree Task Force expressed its disapproval of the Thai leader’s fourth military region’s activities in a second petition sent on Tuesday to the Suranaree Task Force.

Maj Gen Somphob Pharawet, the captain of the Suranaree Taskforce, instructed soldiers at the church to keep things from happening again in the future.

On Thursday, the legislature will question whether to grant immunity and help arrest.

Thailand’s MP Chaiyamparwaan Manpianjit reported to police in Chiang Mai on Tuesday to deny the charges against him in connection with a 25-year-old Chinese tourist who had allegedly raped a Japanese tourist.

The plaintiff claimed that on January 9, the MP sexually assaulted her at a motel in Chiang Mai. The Chiang Mai Provincial Court issued an arrest warrant after she complained to the authorities.

Mr. Chaiyamparwaan met with the assistant commander, Pol Col Damnoen Kan-ong, and analytical officers when he arrived at the Chiang Mai municipal police station with his attorney.

He later told investigators that since this was his first encounter with the authorities in Chiang Mai, he did no know all the details about the expenses.

The director of the Chiang Mai municipal police station, Pol Col Prachya Tisla, explained that officials were unable to prosecute the Thai Progressive Party MP at this time because the legislature is in treatment.

But, congress may choose to raise his resistance and let his imprisonment when it discusses the topic on Thursday, said the superintendent.

Additionally, Pol Col Prachya vehemently refuted statements that officers demanded a 400, 000-baht pay to cut the cost.

Pol Sub Lt Arpath Sukhanunth, secretary-general of the House of Representatives, stressed that although Mr Chaiyamparwaan has acknowledged the command, congress may also vote on whether to let his trial.