The Central Administrative Court yesterday ordered City Hall to pay nearly 800,000 baht in compensation to the parents of five of the 66 victims of the 2009 Santika pub inferno.
Chavalit Larpphol, chief of the panel of judges considering the case, read out the court’s verdict, saying the ruling was based on the principle of shared [...]
A Taiwanese man has been arrested for allegedly possessing six foetuses that he had acquired illegally and was in the process of getting blessed so they could be sold as charms at a higher price.
Chow Hok Kuen, 28, was arrested at a hotel in Bangkok’s Yaowarat district on Thursday, where he was found in possession [...]
The government is leaving its door open for 111 former executives of the defunct Thai Rak Thai Party when their political bans are lifted on May 30.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the Pheu Thai-led administration never closes its door to anyone who can work for the country.
However, she said it is too soon to discuss [...]
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong will propose to the Cabinet on May 20 a package to solve the problem of rising cooking palm oil price by boosting stocks and importing palm oil, according to government sources.
Kittiratt who is also chairman of the committee for palm-oil policy, will ask the ministers to create [...]
To join, ex-PM would have to return to Kingdom, triggering arrest, disqualification from party membership
With their five-year ban expiring at the end of this month, dozens of former Thai Rak Thai Party executives from the so-called 111 Club are lining up to be members of the ruling Pheu Thai party next week.
Pheu Thai spokesman Prom-pong [...]
Police revealed yesterday that the case of the Italian journalist, who was killed in the government crackdown on red shirts in 2010, would be heard in court from July 23.
The late journalist Fabio Polenghi’s sister, Elizabeth, visited the Metropolitan Police Bureau yesterday to ask about the progress of the investigation into her brother’s death.
Thaksin Shinawatra’s [...]
Tarit hands in report on 2010 crackdown probe
State authorities may be responsible for the deaths of at least 25 people during the 2010 political mayhem, Department of Special Investigation chief Tarit Pengdith says.
Mr Tarit yesterday reported on the progress of the investigations into 89 deaths resulting from the military crackdown on red shirt protesters in [...]
The commander of the Bang Khwang maximum security prison in Nonthaburi has been placed under disciplinary investigation after a prison search late on Wednesday night turned up a number of mobile phones and a large number of contraband items.
Seventy-three DVD players and 30 music player units were found in the prison, apart from 30 mobile [...]
Projects to protect monarchy ‘lack detail’
The Democrat Party is planning to attack the government over its spending plans for projects claiming to help protect the monarchy during the 2013 budget debate next week.
A source in the opposition party said Democrat MPs met yesterday to prepare for the budget debate planned for May 21 to 23.
Democrats [...]
Wichit denies power struggles have begun
The 111 former executives of the disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party look set help the Pheu Thai Party sharply increase its membership rolls.
Chaturon Chaisaeng, a core member of the 111 Thai Rak Thai Foundation, said the five-year ban, which will expire on May 30, had affected not only the former [...]
