Thaksin ‘inspires’ premier to serve

On Children’s Day, Patongtarn shares her thoughts on home and her social job.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra, posted this family photo from her childhood on National Children's Day on Saturday. (Photo: Ing Shinawatra)
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest child of Thaksin Shinawatra, posted this family photograph from her youth on National Children’s Time on Saturday. ( Photo: Ing Shinawatra )

During a discussion aimed at promoting the learning opportunities for young people on Saturday and her father, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, spoke of her desire to serve in state and of a strategy to offer scholarships in order to increase opportunities for young people to study.

Ms. Paetongtarn opened her business to young people who had their photos taken while sat in the prime minister’s head at Government House, going against tradition.

She also met 46 individuals, six of them via video meeting, from several counties to answer their questions.

The primary minister claimed that she finally decided to enter politics despite graduating with a degree in international hotel management and gravitating toward a career in the field.

” Our lifestyles don’t always go according to our desires,” she said.

Her tagline for this year’s Children’s Day is:” Learning with every chance, adjusting to the future of one’s choosing”.

Ms. Paetongtarn was questioned during query time about whether she always felt discouraged about carrying out the duties of the prime minister.

She responded, saying that while prime ministers experience exhaustion, it is not uncommon. However, taking time off as a leading may get censure, she noted.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra poses for a photo with children visiting the Governement House on National Children's Day on Saturday.

On Saturday, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra poses for a picture with children who are visiting Governement House.

She claimed that seeing government initiatives or laws succeed makes her tired. As an example, she pointed to state project involving fellowships to enhance people’s access to education.

She also said she draws inspiration from her parents, who championed many valuable policies, including the 30-baht general health insurance program, which has carried on despite some changes in government.

She said that her second motivation comes from the knowledge that there is a chance to improve the country, followed by her home and her children.

” As a premier minister, I want to make something nice for the region, which is like preparing for the future of our children in another way”, she said.

Asked whether she found being the region’s youngest female prime minister hard, Ms Paetongtarn, 38, said people are capable at any time.

She acknowledged that because she is a female prime minister, she has been the theme of some light bullying. But, the problem is diminishing as the world opens up more, she said.

” I’ve read about female officials who are subject to bullying on a variety of issues. For instance, girls get important comments on why they dress a certain manner, whereas men go out in a match and no one pays any attention”, she said.

She claimed that self-worth and a focus on the job are the keys to avoiding irritating comments.

” Most important of all is to be mindful of person’s motion”, she added.

The prime minister also took photos with participants in the Thailand Zero Dropout program. After leaving, these kids reintegrated into the educational system.

She presided over a Children’s Day event held at Government House and asserted that all young people should have access to education and information development to the fullest.

Thus, the government is launching a revamped version of the one-district-one-scholarship job initiated during the Thaksin leadership in 2004, targeting individuals wanting to study at leading international universities.

The plan targets higher school, vocational and college students from poor communities, with outstanding skills in science and technology. In each round of transmission, at least 1, 000 scholarships are provided for reports at primary organizations in Thailand and abroad.

On Saturday, kids take part in a program at the Central Investigation Bureau. ( Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut )

On Saturday, kids take part in a program at the Central Investigation Bureau. ( Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut )

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Uyghurs held in Thailand ‘fear new bid to return them to China’

Senator urges Prime Minister Paetongtarn to address the concerns raised by human rights activists.

The Suan Phlu immigration detention centre in Bangkok has been home to 43 Uyghur detainees for more than a decade. (File Photo)
43 Uyghur inmates have been housed at the Suan Phlu immigration detention center in Bangkok for more than a decade. ( File Photo )

A group of Uyghur people who have been held in Thailand for more than ten years claim that activists claim that the Thai government is preparing to arrest them to China, where abuse and torture are imminent.

Past head of the National Human Rights Commission, Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit, on Saturday requested that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra give more details about whether the state has a similar strategy.

43 Uyghur people detained at the Suan Phlu immigration detention center in Bangkok wrote a public charm to end what they called an immediate threat of deportation in a letter that the Associated Press news agency had obtained.

” We may be imprisoned, and we might also reduce our life”, the letter said. We immediately ask all international organizations and countries concerned with human privileges to step up quickly to save us from this dreadful tragedy before it is too late.

Thailand joined Uyghur refugees fleeing China’s growing persecution and seeking entry to Turkey, which has previously supported Uyghur asylum seekers, a common route ten years ago. Around 350 people were detained by immigration officials near the Malaysian borders in March 2014, making up the majority of the group detained in Bangkok.

In July 2015, around 170 women and children from the class were released to Turkey. About a week later, 109— generally males— were deported to China. Their movements today are mysterious. The remainder were held in Thailand’s emigration confinement. At least a few have escaped, and five have died in confinement, including two babies.

Five of the asylum applicants are serving jail sentences related to a 2020 avoid test, while the remaining 43 are being held without demand in the Suan Phlu detention center, amid sweltering, foul-smelling, cramped problems. They are barred from communicating with their families, attorneys, or even other inmates.

Thai officials have no plans to release the Uyghurs, according to a 2023 review by the National Human Rights Commission. Thailand is certainly a member to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention.

The Tamils ‘ confinement is categorized under a national security issue under Thai law. They are now subject to immigration authorities ‘ control, rather than the National Security Council ( NSC ). Additionally, it forbids them from using the country’s National Screening Mechanism, which allows migrants to reside in the nation and access government services.

Immigration officers have stated that they have been making every effort to accommodate the inmates.

‘ Volunteer’ imprisonment papers

The Associated Press obtained exclusive access to the Associated Press ‘ recordings and chat records that show that Thai immigration officials requested the detainees sign volunteer deportation papers on January 8.

Similar papers were presented to the Tamils deported to China in 2015, which caused panic in the prisoners. The prisoners turned down the signal.

Three people told the AP that there had been current debate within the state about deporting the Tamils to China, including a Thai MP and two people in contact with Thai authorities, even though they had not yet seen or heard of any formal instructions to do so.

Two of the people claimed that because this year marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Thailand and China, Thai officials who are pushing for arrests are now choosing to do so. Additionally, it is believed that Washington may experience less backlash once the new administration led by Donald Trump assumes office later this month.

The AP requested a comment from the Thai and Chinese unusual ministers, but they did not respond right away.

Beijing says the Uyghurs are terrorists, but has not presented information. The males are stupid, according to Uyghur activists and human rights organizations, and they have expressed concern about their potential imprisonment, fearing persecution, prison, and possibly death in China.

The AP received a statement from two persons with strong knowledge of the situation who claimed that all of the Uyghurs detained in Thailand had submitted asylum applications to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which the AP verified.

The Thai government has prohibited visiting the Uyghurs to this day, but the UN bureau acknowledged receipt of the software, the people said.

However, a non-governmental organization reported in a document from May of last year that the UN agency turned down illegal requests from the Thai government to assist the 48 Uyghur prisoners, partly out of concern that China would be offended.

A request for comment was not instantly addressed by the UNHCR.

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Police: Hitman confesses to killing former Cambodian MP

Cambodia turns over a Thai ex-marine who is accused of killing a Thai woman to Indian officials

Ekkalak “Sergeant Em” Phaenoi is taken from the Khlong Luek border checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province to Bangkok after authorities in Cambodia handed him over to Thai officials on Saturday morning. (Photo: Metropolitan Police Bureau IDMฺฺB)
After being handed over to Thai officials in Cambodia on Saturday night, Ekkalak” Lieutenant Em” Phaenoi was taken from the Khlong Luek border station in Sa Kaeo territory to Bangkok. ( Photo: Metropolitan Police Bureau IDMฺฺB )

Officials in Cambodia handed over a Thai ex-marine who is accused of killing a previous Cambodian opposition MP in Bangkok earlier this year.

Around 11 a.m., Ekkalak Phaenoi, also known as” Sergeant Em,” was taken from a detention center in Phnom Penh to the Khlong Luek border checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province’s Aranyaprathet district, where Thai officials handed him to their Thai rivals.

Ekkalak, 41, fled across the borders after shooting Lim Kimya on Tuesday night. He was arrested in Battambang, Cambodia, on Wednesday night.

On Saturday, Pol Lt. Gen. Somprasong and a group of researchers traveled by aircraft to Sa Kaeo to pick up the believe.

The suspect was escorted from the Arintharat specific task force to the Chana Songkhram police depot, which has jurisdiction over the place where the crime took place, upon arrival in Bangkok.

The hunter responsible for the attack was detained on Wednesday in a crowded place close to Wat Bowonniwet Vihara in the Phra Nakhon district’s Criminal Court.

After being accused of premeditated murder and unapproved gun ownership, Ekkalak told authorities and reporters,” I confess that I did wrong.”

Lim Kimya, 73, had arrived in Bangkok really days previously after travelling by vehicle from Siem Reap, Cambodia. He was shot dead by a waiting shooter who fired three photos in front of his wife and brother.

A Thai accomplice, according to Pol Lt Gen Somprasong, is also on an arrest warrant for allegedly serving as a spy for the assassin.

The victim was a part of the popular opposition party Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was disbanded by a court after an alleged crime plot back of a 2018 election. The group disputed the claim that the Hun Sen regime’s reported plot was fabricated.

A spokesman for the Thai government refuted claims made by some opposition activists that they were directly involved in the killing.

Ekkalak Phaenoi, 41, a former Thai marine, arrested in Cambodia for the fatal shooting of a former Cambodian MP, is handed over to Thai authorities on Saturday.

Ekkalak Phaenoi, 41, a previous Thai sea, is seen following his arrest on Wednesday in Cambodia.

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Killer of former Cambodian MP handed over to Thai authorities

Ekkalak Phaenoi, 41, a former Thai marine, arrested in Cambodia for the fatal shooting of a former Cambodian MP, is handed over to Thai authorities on Saturday.
Ekkalak Phaenoi, 41, a past Thai sea, arrested in Cambodia for the deadly shooting of a previous Thai MP, is handed over to Thai officials on Saturday.

Officials in Cambodia handed over an ex-Thai marine’s fatal shooting of a former opposition MP to officials in Bangkok on Saturday.

Ekkalak Phaenoi, also known as” Sergeant Em,” was taken from a detention center in Phnom Penh at around 11 a.m. to the Khlong Luek borders station in the Sa Kaeo province’s Aranyaprathet district, where Thai authorities handed him over to their Thai counterparts.

Ekkalak, 41, fled across the borders after shooting Lim Kimya on Tuesday night. &nbsp, He was arrested in Battambang, Cambodia, on Wednesday night.

On Saturday, police investigators and associate federal police chief Pol Lt. Gen Somprasong Yentuam flew to Sa Kaeo by aircraft to pick up the think.

Officials from the Arintharat specific task force escorted the suspect to Chana Songkhram police place upon arrival.

The hunter responsible for the attack was detained on Wednesday in a crowded place close to Wat Bowonniwet Vihara in the Phra Nakhon district’s Criminal Court.

Lim Kimya, 73, had arrived in Bangkok really days previously after travelling by bus from Siem Reap, Cambodia. A waiting shooter fired three shots in front of his wife and brother before shooting him dead.

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Family of four killed in Suphan Buri fire

Rescue workers clear the site of the fire-gutted commercial building in Muang district of Suphan Buri province on Saturday. A former district council member, his wife and their two children died in the incident. (Screenshot)
On Saturday, rescue workers in the Suphan Buri province’s Muang city cleared the page of the ruined business building. In the event, a former city committee member, his family, and their two children all died. ( Screenshot )

Four members of the family died early on Saturday morning in the Suphan Buri province’s Muang region. A four-story business building caught fire.

Around 5am, the police received a report to the fireplace at the tower on Nang Pim Road. It took about two hours to contain the flames thanks to the Muang Suphan Buri Municipality’s fire personnel. &nbsp,

Making it difficult for firefighters to destroy the flame, the tower contained very volatile items like electronics, building materials, electronic gear, and paint.

Authorities identified the house’s owner as Pusit Rungrojchaiyaporn, a former city council representative and a member for a local administrative company.

As firefighters controlled the lights and entered the building, they discovered three body trapped on the second floor and another in the second floor’s stairwell, according to Ekaphan Injai-euar, president of the Muang Suphan Buri Municipality.

The victims were identified as Pusit, 52, his family Kanokwan, 49, their brother Tewarat, 26, and their daughter Warasiri, 24.

According to police, it was believed that the family could not leave in day after the fire broke out, and that the cause of the incident was being investigated by them.

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So what have you done?

Paetongtarn: No honeymoon period
Paetongtarn: No getaway time

A significant issue mark hangs over what the government has accomplished in its final year of office, which came to an end in 2024, which was rather confusing.

Following King’s approval, the 35-member Paetongtarn Shinawatra government made its first day in business on September 4, 2013.

It is the next Pheu Thai Party-led leadership since the 2023 general election. It succeeded Srettha Thavisin’s case, which was subsequently found innocent of a total ethical misconduct by appointing former convict to the government minister by the Constitutional Court.

One of Pheu Thai’s two options for excellent minister was Ms. Paetongtarn. The various member was Chaikasem Nitisiri, a former attorney general.

Initial suggestions that Mr. Chaikasem’s name become more reliable than a candidate for the premiership were rejected before a parliamentarian voted on it. Yet, less than 24 hours later, his nomination was dropped after Pheu Thai people held an inner meet where they increasingly selected Ms Paetongtarn, the youngest child of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, touted as the group’s father, to remove Mr Srettha.

Ms Paetongtarn’s fall was easy sailing. The partnership events, largely from the traditional camp that supported the Srettha management, switched their allegiance to her state.

The new, somewhat young, and uneducated prime minister’s capacity to lead state politics was the subject of controversy.

It was obvious that there was no getaway for the state. In fact, the administration’s first real test came days after it was established, when deep North was ravaged by the most dangerous floods in recent years.

Chiang Rai was the worst affected, and the storms could not have come at a worse day for Ms Paetongtarn.

She refrained from visiting flooded places despite being elected by congress as prime minister on August 16 last year because her championship was pending royal support and she had to wait for her league to be officially established.

The president’s emergency reply was called into question by opponents who cried foul over what they described was a “vacuum of major management” needed to overcome disaster-battling challenges, which required the distraction and mobilisation of a national-scale budget, manpower and logistics.

The government’s saving joy was in earlier September when a” spin-off” of Pheu Thai’s iconic digital wallet system was introduced.

The government decided to change its approach and instead of disbursing electronic funds, making available 10, 000 ringgit to state security card holders who are vulnerable and disabled.

According to the Finance Ministry, the first 3 million out of a full of 14.5 million received their budget plan funds on September 4, 2013.

The PromptPay repayment system, which was used to transfer money, attracted criticism for abandoning the online platform for payments and catering to welfare benefits rather than boosting the economy, as the government stated in its statement to parliament.

The government may find itself in trouble for breaking the online cash flyer pledge, according to critics.

Additionally, it was unable to legitimately claim credit for the “welfare” cash flyer because it was rooted in the initial digital wallet structure, which was developed well before Ms. Paetongtarn took the oath of office.

The government made the announcement in first December of last year that it was a good time to update citizens on its accomplishments.

On Dec 12, Ms Paetongtarn outlined the government’s efforts to correspond with its 90th time in business.

Nonetheless, people were left baffled by the premier’s conversation, which was light on successes but strongly focused on programs in store for this season.

According to a cause, it had turned into what appeared to be a campaign rally where a fresh round of claims was being made.

Although Ms. Paetongtarn did describe her first 90 days in business as “easing into the job” and requiring her to get her feet and consider the needs of the population, it is true.

She continued, stating that she was learning how to be a perfect secretary, and that the government’s objectives for the current time were being met with caution.

Her focus was on introducing “tangible options” and achieving tangible results through the implementation of sound plans.

The prime minister even abandoned a strategy to end two years of political and social strife.

She said the government was looking into changing regulations so people can clog waterways to hyperlink to a wider net of water drains channels to combat floods and learned from the storm disasters. Soil from the dredging can also be sold to generate income for households, she suggested.

” This year will be the year of opportunities for people”, she said.

Other goals include preventing persistent PM2.5 fine dust pollution and enabling the sale of local craft beer to break the monopoly of large brewers.

Yet more included reviving the one-district-one-scholarship project initiated during the Thaksin Shinawatra administration in 2004, targeting students wanting to study at leading overseas universities, launching the” Housing for Thais” project to provide high-quality, affordable housing to people with 99-year leases and expanding the 20-baht flat-rate fare on electric trains.

Question marks about unity

Pheu Thai Party heavyweights are thought to have been interested in the energy portfolio, and in recent weeks, there have been more rumors that Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga might be removed in a cabinet reshuffle.

Prior to recently stepping in with a message that may have helped Mr. Pirapan’s mind at ease, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, widely regarded as Pheu Thai’s de-facto leader, saw his position in the government as precarious.

When asked about Mr. Pirapan, the leader of the United Thai Nation Party ( UTN), in Chiang Rai, Thaksin argued in favor of lowering household electricity costs. He added that all monopolies must be abolished to reduce living costs for everyone.

Pirapan: Job safe for now?

Pirapan: Job safe for now?

Several analysts interpret Thaksin’s remarks as a guarantee that Mr Pirapan’s job is safe, at least for now. And with Mr Pirapan’s position in the government secured, the UTN has a chance of avoiding the same fate as the fragmented Palang Pracharath Party ( PPRP ) and Democrat Party, according to analysts.

During the course of Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s cabinet formation, the PPRP and the Democrats experienced their most severe internal conflicts.

20 MPs from the former PPRP under Gen Prawit Wongsuwon’s leadership enlisted in the Paetongtarn government under the leadership of former PPRP secretary-general Capt Thamanat Prompow, who led the group.

After being granted three cabinet seats, the Thamanat faction eventually disbanded and joined the Kla Dharma Party.

The PPRP’s decision to expel the group after months of tension made it possible for the faction to switch to Kla Dharma while still holding its members ‘ seats. This was thought to be a part of a deal to prevent more damning revelations about the alleged involvement of a female associate of Gen. Prawit in alleged agricultural land encroachment.

The Democrat Party, which was brought in to fill the void left by Gen Prawit’s group, was also polarised, with quite a few old-guard MPs not happy with the party joining the Pheu Thai-led coalition due to different ideologies and policies.

The UTN is unlikely to suffer the same fate as the two other parties, according to Thanaporn Sriyakul, director of the Political and Public Policy Analysis Institute. However, some argued that it might split, especially after the retirement of former prime minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, who founded the organization.

Business and political leaders, as well as party financiers, are reported to be against Mr. Pirapan, who is reportedly opposed to his efforts to reform the energy sector and lower energy prices. This is also thought to be in line with the rumor that he will be fired from the cabinet.

Following former energy minister Supattanapong Punmeechao’s resignation from the party, there was discussion about the possibility that the UTN would lose funding from the energy sector.

Some observers predict that the UTN will shrink or splinter, and that energy companies will shift their support to the Pheu Thai Party as a result of key figures turning their backs on the party.

However, Mr. Thanaporn claimed to be in the process of counting the UTN out.

Despite the fact that Gen Prayut has retired from politics, he anticipates the party to avoid the fragmentation that has plagued others.

Gen Prayut, who was nominated as the party’s” No. 1″ prime ministerial candidate, is credited with helping it secure nearly 5 million party-list votes and win 13 party-list seats in the 2023 general election. This conservative voter base, however, is now being targeted by multiple parties.

Since the last election, the UTN has been seen as lacking unity, comprising three factions led by Mr Pirapan, party secretary-general Akanat Prompan, and another stalwart Suchart Chomklin, who currently serves as deputy commerce minister. Several party MPs reportedly look into partnerships with other political organizations.

The party insists that it carries Gen Prayut’s” DNA,” despite the fact that he has left politics. Anyone who believes the UTN will fade into history after Gen Prayut’s retirement might be mistaken, the analyst said.

As the next election approaches, the UTN will rally around Gen Prayut’s legacy and emphasise its role in upholding his vision to secure voter loyalty, he said.

He added that no party MPs are likely to defect because some may consider forming one of the other political parties, which are already under the control of those with established strongholds.

According to Mr. Thanaporn, the UTN currently oversees two economic portfolios, Mr. Akanat’s Energy Ministry and Mr. Akanat’s Industry Ministry, which give it a chance to present its policies and win over voters.

The UTN may not attract as many wealthy people as some of its previous supporters, but he said it exudes confidence that it can still entice new supporters ahead of the upcoming elections.

” Defection is not easy, and I think the situation at the party is not as bad as some have claimed,” he said.

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Forest fires burn 1k rai of Pak Chong

because it is thought to be “animal predation.”

Forest fires have burnt almost 1,000 rai in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima since Jan 3. (Photo: Thanasak Love King's Facebook account)
Since Jan. 3, about 1, 000 rai has been burned in the Pak Chong area of Nakhon Ratchasima as a result of forest fires. ( Photo: Thanasak Love King’s Facebook account )

Nearly 1, 000 ray of forest have been destroyed by flames on Khao Loi rock in the Pak Chong city of Nakhon Ratchasima, which is located about 5 kilometers from Khao Yai National Park, a world heritage site.

The areas of the flames are in the Khao Siad Ah Forest Reserve, Khao Nok Yung Forest, and Khao Ang Hin Forest, according to Kittiwat Thiempeng, the commander of Khao Yai Forest Fire Control Station, on Friday.

He claimed that Khao Yai National Park’s boundary is about 5 kilometers away from the bush fires.

Some companies joined forces to throw out bush fires tuesday, including the Nakhon Ratchasima Forest Fire Operations Centre, Khao Yai Forest Fire Control Station, Forest Protection Unit of Pak Chong area, Royal Forest Department, Nakhon Ratchasima Forest Fire Control Promotion Centre, Prachin Buri Forest Fire Control Promotion Centre, and Phaya Yen Tambon Administrative Organisation.

He claimed that the situation is under the control of the chancellor of Nakhon Ratchasima and the army chief in the northern region.

The flames are expected to be under control by now, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra stated on X yesterday that the government had instructed all relevant organizations to immediately set out the forest flames to stop them from spreading.

According to the Forest Fire Control Promotion Centre, the bush burns started on January 3. The Phayayen Tambon Administrative Organization ( TAO ) reported a forest fire that occurred behind Wat Udomsuk to the center. The fire was put out that night after it had ravaged the forest by approximately 200 ray. The center received a notification of another jungle flames on January 5.

The mixed damage is virtually 1, 000 ra of woodland, said a resource, adding that the cause is believed to be pet poaching.

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Death plunge spurs gang blitz

Pet tower is alleged to become Scammer HQ.

On the left is the building believed to be the headquarters of a call centre scam gang run by a Chinese criminal boss known as Xiao Ma. The right building is believed to be the gang victims' place of stay and where a Thai victim fell from the 14th floor. (Photo: TV Screen Capture)
The building on the left is allegedly the home of a call center scam gang, led by a Chinese legal manager known as Xiao Ma. The correct tower is thought to be where gang members used to be and where a Thai sufferer fell from the 14th ground. ( Photo: TV Screen Capture )

After a male fell to his death from a tower in Poipet, which was thought to be the home of scammers, Thai authorities are collaborating with Cambodian counterparts to combat call center groups.

Alongkorn Deeying, a native of Kanchanaburi state, has been identified as the man who was spotted on surveillance falling from the 14th ground of an 18-storey creating in Poipet, same Aranyaprathet area in Sa Kaeo state.

Authorities from the CCIB, immigration officers, and other companies are working with Cambodian authorities to look into the cause of the fatal slide and look for information about the structure, according to Pol Lt Gen Trairong Phiwpan, the CCIB’s chief of police.

According to Pol Lt Gen Trairong, an preliminary investigation revealed that the man had not been the subject of any arrest warrants. However, it is still unknown what kind of work he had been doing in the tower.

” We have to rush for formal information from organizations that are collaborating with their peers in the neighboring nation,” he said.

However, we have information that some of the suspects in another adjacent building are wanted on arrest warrants for common fraud function. These suspects have connections to online gaming sites and call center gangs, according to Pol Lt. Gen. Trairong.

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra claimed the 25-storey building to be the office of a contact center con group while he was in Chiang Mai to support the election campaign of a Pheu Thai candidate for statewide office chief.

The CCIB confirmed on December 25 that Thaksin’s data was accurate, adding that it had contacted the Mekong River region’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and places to discuss how to combat call center scams. According to officers options, the two houses serve as big operation facilities for online gambling, the drugs industry and human trafficking.

A blackjack and call center groups operate in the 18-storey building. Many Thai employees have been duped into doing con work there. According to the resources,” there have been numerous instances of people falling from the building.”

According to Provincial Police Region 2, Pol Lt Gen Yingyos Thepchamnong, the head of a human trafficking gang that smuggled Thai citizens to Cambodia and sent them to function in the 18-story building, police have detained people of a human trafficking group.

The home is currently owned by a Chinese legal director known simply as Xiao Ma, according to Chaichana Detdecho, the chairman of the House Committee on Police Affairs. The same group apparently defrauded Charlotte Austin, one of the runners-up in the Miss Grand Thailand 2022 charm show, out of four million ringgit.

The family of the man who died after falling from the tower, Pinnapha Deeying, said yesterday that she was perplexed by the occurrence and has pleaded with his coworkers to provide more details about the conditions surrounding his death.

Alongkorn’s dying on Tuesday attracted the attention of the public after CCTV footage of the drop was shared on Instagram the following day. According to debate, his suicide may have been a result of his exertion to work in a Cambodian scam operation.

Alongkorn, a native of Nong Prue region in Kanchanaburi, made a visit to his mother in Muang area on Monday night to inform her of his three-day work trip to Ratchaburi province. It was their final exchange.

Pinnapha Deeying spoke of her soon child yesterday:” I heard what happened to him in the media, but I didn’t know how to approach him”.

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Lim Kimya assassin leaves money trail

(Photo: 123RF)
( Photo: 123RF )

Police have found two purchases exceeding 60, 000 ringgit that were made to a bank account held by Ekkalak Phaenoi, the 41-year-old Thai ex-Marine suspected of killing Lim Kimya, 73, a previous Cambodian opposition MP, in Bangkok on Tuesday, a source said.

At 1pm on Tuesday, the initial purchase of 30, 000 was made, which allowed Mr Ekkalak to eventually retreat 22, 000 ringgit and use it to pay a officer with whom he had pawned his weapons, said the source, citing information from the ongoing investigation.

The agent in question, who has already been questioning by investigators, claimed he had not been involved in the death despite having previously allowed the suspected killer to pawn his weapon.

About five days after the death, the various 30, 000 ringgit was transferred to Mr Ekkalak’s accounts, the source added.

Mr Ekkalak has been arrested in Cambodia’s Battambang and presently awaits repatriation to Thailand.

His younger girl contacted local police in Chon Buri, where she lives, upon learning her brother was wanted in connection with Monday’s death, said another cause.

The girl claimed that Mr. Ekkalak had left a backpack with her the day he fled the country when they met up at a Chon Buri shopping mall.

She claimed that the officers hadn’t opened the bag until Thursday when she learned that there was a gun in. She was released without any cost after questioning, said the source.

Inside the case were a Smith and Wesson revolver, six shots and two spent shell shells, which were all handed over to Chana Songkhram authorities, who are handling the probe, said the source.

Thus far, only Mr Ekkalak and Pich Kimsrin, a 24-year-old Thai man who is believed to have acted as a spy in the death, have been named as defendants with imprisonment permits issued, the authorities said.

Police in Chana Songkhram yesterday arranged for the European woman of Lim Kimya and his older brother to meet with the prosecution at the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road in advance of their planned investigation.

The French Foreign Affairs Ministry publicly condemned Lim Kimya’s death on Thursday in a statement posted on its site.

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Border patrol intercepts scam-bound Chinese men

Tak: Two Chinese nationals were detained yesterday by soldiers patrolling the Phop Phra city of Phop Phra, preventing them from becoming victims of call-center scam gangs, according to local authorities.

When a police from the Naresuan Task Force stopped the men, who were 27 and 36, as they were heading toward the frontier and being transported into the neighboring nation.

They received lodging while their cousins were contacted while being taken to Mae Sot police station to report issues. After arriving at Suvarnabhumi aircraft, the pair made their way to Sangat.

This comes after 39 international citizens who claimed to be members of a call center crew were rescued by Thai officials in a border police activity in late November.

They claimed they had been duped into crossing the Thai border to operate on a job in Myawaddy, the border city of Myanmar opposite Tak’s Mae Sot, which is regarded as an operating foundation for call center groups.

Older Naresuan Task Force officer Col Natthakorn Ruantip reported yesterday that plenty of foreign citizens found close to the border had been detained for illegal access since October of last year. These people were from 21 countries, including China, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia, Ethiopia and India.

As police check two more instances of missing Foreign nationals, studies of international citizens disappearing in Thailand have attracted a lot of attention.

A female design, Yang Zeqi, went missing in soon December, while the removal of a young girl, Wu Jiaqi, was reported to police this year. Both are suspected to be survivors of human trafficking.

Chinese professional Wang Xing, or Xingxing, vanished last week after being invited to an interview at Suvarnabhumi aircraft from Shanghai Pudong aircraft. He was last seen near the border in Tak’s Mae Sot on Friday, and finally, he was located in Myanmar. He made a trip back to Thailand prior this year.

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