The 3rd member of Thaksin Shinawatra’s legal team’s Thana Tansiri, a relative of Mr Thaksin’s wife began serving a 6-month jail sentence today on contempt relating to the Bt2 million pastry box bribery scandal case. Thana was taken from Bamrungrad hospital in Bangkok by police and corrections officers to the Supreme Court in Bangkok. Thana [...]
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Thaksin legal team’s Thana Tansiri, a relative of Mr Thaksin’s wife began serving a 6-month jail sentence today
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Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruling on AEC: unanimously in favor of the Post-Coup Junta-installed Assets Examination Committee ‘AEC’
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Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled unanimously in favor of the Post-Coup Junta-installed Assets Examination Committee / AEC. The AEC was set up on Sept. 19, 2006 to investigate corruption allegations against former Prime Minister Thaksin and his cabinet members. Constitution Court Secretary-General Paiboon said that the 9 judges voted unanimously to determine that investigations conducted by [...]
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Noise Pollution Causes Stress for Tourist and Expatriates in Thailand
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Noise Pollution Causes Stress for Tourist and Expatriates in Thailand People who visit Thailand for only a week or two usually question why the tourist areas and shopping malls are so incredibly noisy. Blaring advertisements and music is everywhere and the occasional tourists find this perplexing but quaint. Like all good tourists they adjust. They [...]
