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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has travelled to Singapore for a medical examination and insists he will return to Thailand within two days to hear the ruling in his extended hospital stay case on Sept 9, dismissing speculation that he intends to flee the country.

Chaikasem Nitisiri, the prime ministerial candidate from the Pheu Thai Party, has pledged to dissolve the House of Representatives immediately if elected on Friday.

About 200 HIV patients at Wat Phra Bat Nam Phu will be transferred to the state public health system as donations have fallen to near zero since details emerged of a financial scandal linked to former abbot Luang Phor Alongkot.

Although Thailand is relatively open in allowing foreigners to work through legal work visas, the law still restricts certain occupations exclusively for Thai nationals. Foreigners who do not receive specific exemptions are prohibited from engaging in these professions or roles.

Mpox cases have risen in Thailand since May and most patients with serious symptoms have HIV, according to the Department of Disease Control.

The Royal Thai Army has warned Cambodian people who trespass into Thai territory or destroy warning signs erected near the border at Ban Nong Chan in Sa Kaeo province that they would be prosecuted under Thai law, according to a spokesperson for the First Army Region.