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Thailand sets up special team to track ‘grey money’
Read more: Thailand sets up special team to track ‘grey money’The Thai government will set up a special team to track suspicious fund movements linked to online gambling, scam accounts and other “grey money” transactions.
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People’s Party denies membership fee irregularities
Read more: People’s Party denies membership fee irregularitiesThe People’s Party has denied allegations that it deducted salaries from assistants to its MPs to pay for party membership fees, saying the claims were politically motivated to discredit the opposition.
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Insurers won’t help owner of bombed PTT station
Read more: Insurers won’t help owner of bombed PTT stationSI SA KET – The owner of a PTT petrol station and 7-Eleven store where a Cambodian rocket strike killed eight people on July 24 faces at least 14 million baht in damages with no compensation in sight from insurers or the government.
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Landmines block Thai military from securing temple site
Read more: Landmines block Thai military from securing temple siteA field of unexpected and illegally laid landmines blocked Thai soldiers from securing the Ta Kwai temple ruins in Surin province before the ceasefire with Cambodia took effect, according to the Royal Thai Army.
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Cambodian reinforcement efforts continuing, says Thai army
Read more: Cambodian reinforcement efforts continuing, says Thai armyCambodia is continuing to reinforce its troops along the border with Thailand and suspicious drones are spying on Thai military units in border provinces, according to the 2nd Army Region.
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Parliament president blasts Cambodia for ‘fake claims’
Read more: Parliament president blasts Cambodia for ‘fake claims’The president of the Thai National Assembly has condemned Cambodia’s House speaker for making “groundless, misleading allegations” against Thailand during a high-level Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Geneva that ends on Thursday.
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Court takes up ‘fake professor’ case against senator
Read more: Court takes up ‘fake professor’ case against senatorThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought by the Election Commission (EC) against Senator Keskamol Pleansamai, who is accused of misleading voters by falsely claiming to hold an academic professorship.
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Mae Sot flooded again after persistent rain
Read more: Mae Sot flooded again after persistent rainMae Sot district in Tak province was flooded for the second time this month on Wednesday as the rain-swollen Moei River overflowed into riverside communities and, once again, Rim Moei market.
