Thailand jails an activist who demanded royal reform for four years
A Thai court sentenced Anon Nampa, an activist and attorney, to four years in prison for breaking a taboo by calling for royal reform at rallies three years ago. Anon…
Panic takes over the expats
The worry that retirees and other non-working expats would soon be taxed on their foreign pension income has given internet trolls, click-bait writers, and anxious long-term visa holders a field…
DNA from two deceased children matches Songsak and his ex-partner as parents
According to Pol Maj-Gen Noppasilp Poonsawat, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, who is in charge of the investigation into a string of child murders, analysis of DNA from…
Fugitive ex-minister Ittipol ready to surrender
According to a senior anti-graft official’s statement on Friday, former Culture Minister Ittipol Khunpluem has offered to turn himself in to the authorities in order to combat a case of…
Kamnan Nok’s probe is taken over by CIB.
According to the commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Pol Lt-Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, there is now enough evidence for Praween Chanklai, or “Kamnan Nok,” to be charged with death…
Call for pause of tablet plan
On Friday, a prominent Democrat called on the government to halt the Education Ministry’s proposal to give every student and teacher in the country a tablet computer. The initiative was…
Call for dissolution of Move Forward, Prachachat and Fair
The Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition, demanding the dissolution of the Move Forward, Prachachat and Fair parties on charges of separatism and attempting to overthrow the democratic system through…
Kamnan Nok extensive construction business
Praween Chanklai, also known as “Kamnan Nok,” runs two construction companies: P. Phatanarungrod and P. Raweekanok. Together, these companies have won contracts for 1,544 building projects in 11 states. Police…
Petition submitted to PM to have Thaksin returned to prison
On Wednesday, a political network submitted a petition to the prime minister requesting that Thaksin Shinawatra, who has been in the hospital since the evening of his first day of…
Electricity and diesel prices cut
After its first meeting, the Cabinet decided to reduce the cost of electricity from Bt4.45 to Bt4.10 per unit, effective with the September billing cycle. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced…