Paetongtarn aims to revive Pheu Thai in Bangkok

Move Forward won 32 of the 33 seats in the capital last year, according to the party president, who heads the political strategy section.

Paetongtarn aims to revive Pheu Thai in Bangkok
Paetongtarn Shinawatra owing supporters after the election results were released on May 14 last year, when Pheu Thai placed second nationwide and won just one of the 33 votes in Bangkok. She is helming a fresh party crew that aims to resurrect Pheu Thai’s popularity among Bangkok residents. ( Photo: Apichart Jinakul )

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the party’s leader, has taken on a new crucial position by chairing a screen that will try to revive its fortunes in Bangkok, which was largely wiped out by Move Forward’s social wrangle in the election of last year.

On Thursday, Ms. Paetongtarn signed an order to form a screen to map out social approaches for MPs and Bangkok Metropolitan ministers, track their performance and provide them with recommendations.

She is in charge of the 15-member screen, which also has four seasoned gathering executives as advisors.

Move Forward swept Pheu Thai and other political parties out of the Thai vote in the battle for Bangkok on May 14 last year. It won 32 of the city’s 33 chairs, and nearly made a fresh push before a vote tell gave Pheu Thai the last desk.

Paetongtarn’s parents, Thaksin, has also been boldly campaigning for the social restoration of Pheu Thai, despite offense situations that prohibit him from engaging in political action.

The former prime minister made a powerful statement on Wednesday to win back every seat in Nonthaburi, the city that is next to Bangkok, in the upcoming election.

” We will blow all the chairs in Nonthaburi. People took them all but we will get all of them back”, he declared at a birthday celebration for the 79- yr- ancient Nonthaburi mayor Somnuek Thantadechakul, amid cheers from his supporters.

Move Forward won the election last year in Nonthaburi by a flood, leaving all eight seats in the dust and leaving other events in the dust. Nonthaburi was again Pheu Thai’s social capital.

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Woman arrested for running karaoke sex bar

The cafe owner would withdraw 80 % of the service fees paid by teenagers.

Woman arrested for running karaoke sex bar
Late on Thursday, authorities attack the Raed music club in Bangkok’s Bang Khen area. ( Photo: Department of Provincial Administration’s task force Facebook )

Following a raid on a music club in Bangkok’s Bang Khen area late on Thursday night, a person was detained and charged with bringing a case against her for bringing teenagers into prostitution.

Around 10pm, a 33-year-old woman who runs the nightspot was arrested by a Department of Provincial Administration ( DOPA ) task force and police who made the raid on Raed karaoke bar near Soi Lat Pla Khao 75.

Three teens- two 15- yr- older girls and a 16- yr- old trans girl- were rescued.

The work force was informed that girls under the age of 18 had been brought to the music bar to offer sex services to customers, according to DOPA inspector-general Ronnarong Thipsiri, who oversaw the raid. Three youths who had been taken to a nearby room met three spies posing as customers, so the process force received the call to release the attack.

According to the research, the club owner, whose title was withheld, had procured the youth from various regions several months ago, making them her lenders. The owner may withdraw 80 % of the fees when they were charged for alcoholic beverages or sex services.

The music cafe owner was the first defendant in the human trafficking law case to be brought against him. They included offering to buy tickets for trafficking and launching a nightclub without authorization. Additionally, the apartment’s landlord was accused of operating a hotel without authority without authorization. &nbsp,

A group of therapists will be invited to investigate the freed youth, who will be sent to a child happiness home for treatment, said Mr Ronnarong.

On Thursday, police detained a transgender woman and two girls who were traveling to Bangkok’s Bang Khen neighborhood to perform sex acts on a customer. ( Photo: Department of Provincial Administration’s task force Facebook )

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EC defends court request to dissolve MFP

EC defends court request to dissolve MFP
Following the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the party’s attempts to amend the lese-majeste law, which was announced at parliament on January 31, Move Forward advisory chairman Pita Limjaroenrat ( left ) observes as party leader Chaithawat Tulathon addresses reporters. ( Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut )

The Election Commission (EC ) on Thursday defended its request to dissolve the opposition Move Forward Party ( MFP ) over its support for the revision of the Lese Majoreste Law by claiming that it had done so in accordance with the organic law governing political parties.

Pakorn Mahannop, a EC member, claimed that the commission’s decision was based on an organic law section 92, no Section 93, which allows the EC to obtain the MFP’s dissolution without conducting an investigation.

Mr. Pakorn made note of the differences between the two areas. According to Section 92 of the 2018 Political Parties Act, the EC must submit a request to the court after receiving reliable evidence that a group has violated a constitutional monarchy without having to conduct an investigation. Circumstances under Section 93 require the EC to build a spacecraft and let the accused to listen to the allegations, while Section 92 does not, he said.

After receiving a request from the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to provide additional information in the MFP’s breakdown case, the EC was forced to clarify the situation. The main opposition party had criticized the ballot agency, claiming that it forwarded the situation without any previous analysis.

According to Mr. Pakorn, Section 92 of the social group law was used to support the EC’s ask to dissolve the Thai Raksachart Party prior to the 2019 election. The Constitutional Court, according to him, accepted the complaint and ruled to break the TRC.

He added that the EC’s thoughts on whether a social group may be dissolved are unimportant at all. ” The EC ca n’t give an answer to such a question. It ca n’t agree or ca n’t disagree. It is required to follow the law and follow what is required. We follow and honor the Constitutional Court’s selection”.

When asked about Ittiporn Boonpracong’s comments that the EC did not follow the constitutional instructions in a video clip, Mr. Pakorn said the chairman’s comments should be taken into account with environment rather than just as a part of it.

When asked about the MFP’s say that Section 93 also applied to its case, Mr. Pakorn claimed that the EC determined that the matter fell under Section 92.

The EC’s request to dissolve the MFP came after the court’s decision on January 31 this year that the MFP’s continued efforts to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the der qualifications law, indicated an purpose to destroy the constitutional king.

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Pet market raids coming after blaze

Pet market raids coming after blaze
More than 5, 000 animals are killed in a blaze at a dog industry in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district on Tuesday, according to the incident. Following Tuesday’s blaze in Chatuchak, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ) will raid unauthorised pet markets throughout the city to stop similar incidents from occurring again. ( Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya )

Following Tuesday’s blaze at a pet market in the Chatuchak district, which left more than 5, 000 animals dead, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ) will raid unlicensed pet stores throughout the city to stop similar incidents from occurring again.

In response to the fire at Sri Somrat Market, Governor Chadchart Sittipunt and BMA members held a joint press event with an animal shelter organization system on Wednesday.

According to Mr Chadchart, the market, located on land owned by the State Railway of Thailand ( SRT ) behind the JJ Mall shopping centre, caught fire at 4.08am and was extinguished at 4.37am.

At least 5, 300 species, including numerous exotic species, which were kept in 118 animal stores in an region covering 1, 400 square feet, were reported to have died.

Sri Somrat Market has been operating a pet economy for at least 20 years. The industry’s running permission was renewed four years ago, Mr Chadchart said.

In response to the drama, Mr. Chadchart promised to look into the businesses and practices of different pet markets, including Chatuchak 2 Market in Min Buri and Sanam Luang 2 Industry in Thawi Wattana.

Mr. Chadchart stated that the investigation will be conducted following a rigorous” checklist” to help standardize pet profits and minimize problems with business partners.

Every pet shop must now have two permits, one from the BMA and the other from the Department of Livestock Development ( DoDL), according to the governor’s announcement.

The permits include a license to operate a health-hazardous business under the Public Health Act, BE 2535 ( 1992 ), and an authorization to sell animals and carcasses under the Animal Epidemics Act, BE 2558 ( 2015 ) and the Cruelty Prevention and Welfare of Animals Act, BE 2557 ( 2014 ).

According to Mr. Chadchart, the BMA began really just issuing pet shops operating licenses for health-risk businesses because there were some constitutional ambiguities in the rules.

After clarifying the problem with the Department of Health in December, Mr Chadchart said that all petconomy firms, including fields, pet stores, and animal cafes, are required to qualify for the permission.

By July 15th, Bangkok city offices must submit an evaluation of their checks.

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EC probes breach of Senate poll data

More than 20, 000 candidates’ information leaked

EC probes breach of Senate poll data
Election officers show a vote at a Senate vote place in the Bang Kapi city of Bangkok on June 9. ( Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The Election Commission (EC ) is looking into the leak of personal information from more than 20 000 Senate election candidates.

The information was leaked in file formats shortly after the district-level voting in the Senate election on June 9 according to EC Secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee.

” The information was leaked from a company that entered the system,” the statement reads. We are working with the National Cyber Security Agency]NCSA ] to prevent further data breaches leaking confidential information of applicants”, he said.

” We are even looking into a company’s potential leaker,” the statement read. Because the organization may not have been aware of the leaking, it will not be able to disclose its name.

” Additionally, the company cooperated with and supported the EC in the region- level Senate vote,” Mr Sawaeng said.

Since the general election next year, Air Vice Marshal Amorn Chomchoey, the NCSA’s secretary-general, said his organization and the EC have now put in place measures to stop a database of candidates ‘ private data from being hacked into.

He said that the NCSA and the EC will have to look into whether some bureau officials were responsible for the leaks.

On Wednesday, two Senate election candidates, Kengkaj Kupakrapinyo and Wanna Horkanya, filed a complaint with the EC, asking it to check leaks of private information of candidates who won in the region- level voting in the Senate election.

Mr Wanna said that soon after voting ended, the personal information of more than 23, 000 applicants, including the 13- decimal number of their ID cards, was leaked and spread on talk groups on the Line program.

According to Mr. Wanna, this was against the Personal Data Protection Act, adding that all district-level candidates could access the data that was stored in Excel file format.

He added that he also requested that the Office of the Personal Data Protection Commission ( PDPC ) under the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society investigate the matter if personal data is handed over to criminals. This will harm the applicants, he said.

The PDPC stated on Facebook on Thursday &nbsp that it has asked the EC to explain the situation and that it has urged anyone who has received leaked data to stop sharing it.

The PDPC stated that the office would keep an eye on any data breaches and make improvements to safeguarding personal information.

Meanwhile, Mr. Sawaeng claimed yesterday that the EC has not yet created a contingency plan for issues that may arise following the Constitutional Court’s decision to decide whether or not the four contentious organic law provisions of the Senate election process will be governed by the results of the election process on Tuesday.

” We will have to wait and see and decide what to do next after the court’s ruling,” Mr Sawaeng said.

At the centre of the controversy are Sections 36, 40 ( 3 ), 41 ( 3 ) and 42 ( 3 ) of the Senate election law. The candidates ‘ self-introduction is a part of Section 36, while the other three deal with voting at the district, provincial, and national levels at the same group and across professional groups.

The Constitutional Court stated that it had the necessary information to decide on Tuesday following the election.

The EC is anticipated to continue with the provincial-level voting for the Senate election on Sunday, where 23, 645 aspirants will be whittled down to about 3, 000 for the final vote.

Candidates for Senate election on June 5 requested that the court consider petitions asking for a decision regarding the four provisions ‘ legality.

However, the court did not issue any injunction, finding it did not foresee any serious repercussions from the Senate poll proceeding.

The EC, which is in charge of holding the election, is now able to intervene to fix any issues, the court added.

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Monkey catchers beat target

Monkey catchers beat target

After just seven weeks of their second-phase procedure, the specialists have overreacted and captured rogue primates in downtown Lop Buri.

About 1, 150 primates have been caught thus much, now surpassing the goal for the entire 10- time operation.

It was done during the second phase of the procedure, launched on June 5, in which the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation and the Lop Buri city aimed to get 800 to 1, 000 monkeys over 10 times.

The captive monkeys were taken to a holding facility in the Lop Buri state’s Muang area where they were registered, sterilized, and placed in enclosures to keep them from fighting.

The relocated primates were reported to be in excellent health, both physically and mentally.

Locals and visitors in Lop Buri were pleased with the procedure. A TikTok user with the @aoo8070 control posted a video showing an location in the city center around Prang Sam Yod traditional sanctuary, the country’s major tourist attraction, then relaxing. The region was once home to numerous vicious monkeys.

” Cut Buri monkeys are then gone”, he said in the film message.

The monkey swarms were held responsible for irritating people and bringing some companies to a halt.

People of Vichayen Road, however, claim that some chimps have evaded detection and are still at large.

The people noted that the monkeys grew smarter and recognized the officials who used cages to capture them.

They “were clearly panicked whenever they saw strangers wearing military fatigue caps, which are similar to what the monkey-trapping officers don,” said a citizen who declined to be identified.

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1,200 workers bound for Israel

1,200 workers bound for Israel

After receiving a limit to take 5, 000 agricultural laborers to the Middle Eastern nation in the second half of the time, the Department of Employment may give 1, 200 Thai employees to Israel.

Due to the ongoing fight that, department director-general Somchai Morakotsriwan announced yesterday that the department had made the decision to lift the ban on sending Thai workers to Israel.

Jerusalem provided the government with the assurance that Thai personnel would only be deployed in secure areas designated by the Israeli Front Command, he said.

As of yesterday, 30, 186 Thai workers have expressed their interest to work in Israel, with 25, 585 currently awaiting placement under the Thailand- Israel Cooperation ( TIC ) agreement on the placement of workers.

The Population and Immigration Authority of Israel ( Piba ) approved of the government’s request to send 5, 000 workers to Israel between June and December this year, he claimed. 1,200 workers who were scheduled to leave for Israel late last year will make up the first team to keep.

Military officers may be asked to provide information on emergency techniques so that they can ensure their safety before leaving.

He added that employers who send employees to Israel will also be informed of health standards.

A Thai group led by Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn met with Israel’s Interior Minister Moshe Arbel, Yoav Ben-Tzur, and Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Avi Dichter in May.

The Thai committee made three demands at the appointment: a higher annual allowance for farm workers from 6, 000 to 20, 000, a higher limit for construction workers from 25, 000, and for Israel to help Thai employees who have had their contracts for at least five years and three months to reapply and work.

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PPRP seeks ruling on MoU with Cambodia

PPRP seeks ruling on MoU with Cambodia

Paiboon Nititawan, the deputy leader of the Palang Pracharath Party ( PPRP ), has petitioned the Thai Constitution to find out whether the Thai-Cambodge memorandum of understanding from 2001 regarding joint development in the Gulf of Thailand is in violation of the Thai Constitution.

He claimed that he had previously requested a ruling from the judge on April 10, but that the Ombudsman had not done but within the 60-day date. Then he made the decision to speak with the court immediately.

The 2001 MoU, according to Mr. Paiboon, was not approved by the Thai congress prior to signing, which meant it “had no constitutional result from the beginning.”

He claimed that he wanted the court to determine whether the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be held accountable for what he thought had been a democratic violation.

Mr. Paiboon stated that despite earlier recognizing that the MoU had not received political support, the office and the government are still using it as a guide to what has been agreed by both countries regarding the 26, 000 square kilometers of regional lakes in the Gulf of Thailand, which Thailand has independence over.

Mr. Paiboon added that he also requested that the office and the department be instructed to stop using the MoU from 2001 in their work involving the delimitation of the territorial waters in question.

Prior to this, Mr. Paiboon claimed that Thailand would be in a better place when new disputes over Thai-Cambodge overlapping claims arise if the court rules the 2001 MoU to be illegal and has no legal result based on the grounds that it was inadequate from the beginning.

He claimed that Cambodia has often cited the MoU from 2001 to support its claim that Thailand had publicly recognized these regional waters as the domains of both countries ‘ overlapping claims.

The 2001 Thai-Cambodgean MoU was not a treaty and had no mandatory phrases, according to Maris Sangiampongsa, the foreign affairs minister. The two administrations have never reached any partnership regarding the MoU.

The MoU, according to Mr. Maris, does not have any duty that would impair Thailand’s independence over the border province of Trat, Koh Kood, or OCA.

More issues need to be thrashed out pending the prosecutor’s choice, he said.

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‘Majority’ disagree with amnesty bill

The deputy speaker of the house purchases an investigation into the effects of online surveys for potential irregularities

‘Majority’ disagree with amnesty bill
Legislators attend a legislative session. ( File photo )

A bill sponsored by civil society organizations seeking asylum in social and lese-majeste cases dating up to September 2006 is opposed by the majority of House of Representatives survey respondents.

The final results of the month- long online survey showed that 64.66 % rejected the bill, with 35.34 % in favour.

From May 13 through midnight on June 12th, the secretary reported that 90,503 people took part in the survey.

However, in the final hours of the election on Wednesday night, there were complaints from bill supporters that the number of” No” votes had risen to 20,000, which appeared to be a coordinated operation. Due to Wednesday, they said, opinions&nbsp, had been running close to 50: 50.

Padipat Suntiphada, the deputy speaker of the House, said the benefits may be criminal and he wants to take a second glance.

” I have requested that I check the IP addresses and any abnormalities that may have occurred on the website, as well as the legal authors ‘ thoughts.” I will remind everyone of the information quickly”, Mr Padipat, a former part of the Move Forward Party, wrote on his X accounts on Thursday.

The draft bill was proposed by Poonsuk Poonsukcharoen, of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, and was seconded by 36, 723 individuals. It was submitted to congress for attention.

It aims to support relevant cases that date back to the day of Gen Sonthi Boonyaratklin’s revolt against the Thaksin Shinawatra government on September 19, 2006.

A commission would be established to review the cases and decide which ones would receive immediate parole under the proposed legislation. These may include violations of the 2016 election rules, National Council for Peace and Order orders, and the Lese-majeste law. Essentially, the latter forbade opposing viewpoints on a law written for the military.

The review council had include 19 people, including the legislature leader, opposition leader, chief whip, staff of all political parties and representatives of the people facing legal behavior since the 2006 revolution.

Nonetheless, the bill does not apply to state officials who conducted increased pressure in rallies and those who violated Section 113 of the Criminal Code.

Section 113 pertains to acts of using force or threats with the intent to change the constitution, overthrow the legislature, government or judicial powers, divide the Kingdom of Thailand or seize administrative power.

The survey’s results were heeded by independent academic Pat Hemasuk, who urged all political parties to take into account the findings, noting that the majority of people do not want wrongdoers to be punished.

In addition, he also warned the ruling Pheu Thai Party that if it made the decision to continue with the amnesty request, it might lose seats in the upcoming general election.

Pheu Thai’s stance on the amnesty proposal is being closely watched as Thaksin Shinawatra, widely seen as the party’s de facto leader, now faces lese- majeste and computer crime charges.

According to reports, Thaksin has petitioned the Office of the Attorney General for” fair treatment” and claimed that the police who handled the initial complaint in 2015 were pressured by” those in power at the time” — a reference to the military regime that carried out a coup in 2014.

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Commander shunted over unfair salary deductions

Commander shunted over unfair salary deductions
As the military tries to encourage its actions, conscripts show their ATM accounts and cash withdrawal receipts. However, some just hired men may not be aware of the costs involved, from uniform purchases to septic tank pumping fees. ( Photo: Wassana Nanuam )

In a pending investigation into alleged conclusions from troops ‘ pay for utilities and other products, including a septic tank pumping fee, the Royal Thai Army has transferred the commander of a training system in Nakhon Ratchasima to its northeastern office.

Information of the expenses that were charged to a new soldier under the 2nd Army Support Command in Nakhon Ratchasima were made public by a Twitter website named E- Sol Khayee Khao 3 ( E- Sol crushing information ).

The post showed the conscript’s financial summary for the past 42- day cycle which revealed his earnings of 10, 990 baht and expenses of 6, 280 baht.

Among his expenses were costs for camping gear and his uniform, cleaning equipment, meals during a long- distance walk, alcohol and an ATK test kit, and a septic tank pumping fee. The latter cost 500 baht. &nbsp, &nbsp, &nbsp,

Jirayu Houngsub, the spokesman for political affairs for the Defence Ministry, responded on Tuesday, stating that the salary deductions, including those related to the septic tank fee, were confirmed to be true.

Around 100 recruits were enlisted in the 22nd Transportation and Service Battalion unit, where this particular conscript was enlisted to train and join.

According to Mr Jirayu, the unit was found to have charged such expenses.

Lt Gen Adul Boonthamcharoen, the 2nd Army Region Commander, said the army had more than 200 new military training units but none have collected the septic tank pumping fee.

The relevant officers have been summoned for questioning, he said, adding that if violations were found within any units, wrongdoers would face disciplinary action.

Lt. Gen. Adul claimed that he initially ordered the transfer of Col Achawin Akapin, the 22nd Transportation and Service Battalion commander, to a post inactive at the 2nd Army area headquarters pending a probe.

Lt. Gen. Adul claimed that some of the information contained in the documents was true while others were false.

Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang claimed that the ministry had previously issued orders forbidding any deductions from soldiers ‘ salaries for non-official expenses.

” This is something that should not have happened. It is unacceptable”, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said.

Mr. Sutin emphasized that one of the ministry’s priorities is to ensure that enlisted officers will earn between 10,000 and 10,000 baht per month. This is in line with the government’s plan to raise the minimum wage for new hires.

” I demand that those responsible for this matter will be held accountable and punished,” said Mr. Sutin.

” Units nationwide have been mandated to the military inspector-general.” So far, there have been no reports of similar issues. Strict measures will be implemented”, he said.

” But some units may still have misunderstandings”, he added.

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