Parliament president Chuan Leekpai has been indicted for defamation in a suit filed by former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who claimed the House speaker defamed him in a speech back in 2012.Continue Reading
Parliament president Chuan Leekpai has been indicted for defamation in a suit filed by former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who claimed the House speaker defamed him in a speech back in 2012.Continue Reading
A new law aimed at curbing recidivism among sexual and violent crimes has been published in the Royal Gazette and is due to take effect in 90 days. It allows for the chemical castration of convicted rapists once released if they are considered at high risk of reoffending.Continue Reading
Political activist Srisuwan Janya filed a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday against executives of the Department of Groundwater Resources over alleged irregularities in the bidding for well-drilling projects.Continue Reading
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered a relief fund to be handed out to flood victims quickly without first waiting for the water to recede, said government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri.Continue Reading
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon declined to comment yesterday in response to a claim by fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who said Gen Prawit must know how many families of those who died in the Tak Bai tragedy in Narathiwat 18 years ago have been compensated.Continue Reading
PHUKET: The body of a Russian woman who went missing from Na Thon beach in Thalang district on Oct 20 was found yesterday morning, provincial police chief Pol Maj Gen Sermpan Sirikhong said.Continue Reading
A total of 104 customers, 99 of them Chinese nationals, tested positive for drugs during a police raid on three adjacent buildings illegally operating as a nightclub in Bangkok’s Yannawa area in the early hours of yesterday.Continue Reading
Prayat Puangjumpa, a former deputy secretary-general of the National Counter-Corruption Commission (NACC), has been charged by the commission with being unusually rich, said Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, its secretary-general.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Malaysia can now transfer double the amount of electricity to each other following the upgrading of the electricity interconnectors between both countries, Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng said on Wednesday (Oct 26). The new interconnectors can now accommodate bidirectional electricity flows of aboutContinue Reading