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Song and Dance Performance Leads to Nullified Election
The Supreme of Court of Thailand’s Election Division Thursday called for a new election in Constituency 1 of Maha Sarakham region as recommended by the Election Commission.
The EC suggested the new election after finding that Khachit Chainikhom, a Puea Thai Party candidate in the Jan 11 by-election in [...]

Two Seizures of Amphetamine Shipments in Bangkok
Bangkok police have arrested two men and seized 100,000 methamphetamine tablets a Bangkok police announced on Wednesday.
Phum Kaewsongpetch and Niwat Inthukate, both 28 years old, were taken into custody on the Suphan Buri-Taling Chan road at a PTT gasoline station in Nonthaburi’s Bang Buathong area Tuesday night.
The illegal drugs [...]

Former Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has Died
Former Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has died of liver cancer Tuesday morning at Bamrungraj hospital, Sumitr Sundaravej, his younger brother has announced.
Mr Samak, 74, was the country’s 25th prime minister. He was the leader of the now disbanded People Power Party. He was prime minister as well [...]

Internal Security Act to be Enforced in Chiang Mai
Thai internal security authorities are being asked to implement the Internal Security Act in Chiang Mai because of apprehensions about death threats allegedly made by red shirts against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, a government source says.
The act has been imposed in Bangkok in the Bang Khun Phrom [...]

Red Shirts Deny Threatening Abhisit
Chiang Mai’s red-shirts have no plan to assassinate Prime Minister Abhisit, the group’s leaders Kanyaphak Maneechak maintained on Saturday.
Mrs Kanyaphak asserted that a DJ of the red-shirts’ community radio station, Petcharawat Watthanapong, was only joking when he said he would bomb Mr. Abhisit during an upcoming visit to Chiang Mai.
She claimed [...]

Loan Sharks ON the Hook
Thai authorities have begun an operation to help the poor break free from loan sharks and their exorbitant interest rates. Suspects were arrested in a number of regions including Muang and Pak Chong. Ten motorbikes and lists of the names of debtors were impounded in the raids, said Pol Maj Gen [...]

Thai and Cambodian Military Leaders to Meet
The Thai-Cambodia Joint Border Committee (JBC) will hold a meeting on Nov 27 at 28 in Pattaya, according to defence ministry spokesman Col Thanathip Saengsawang.
“It will be a ministerial level defence meeting to discuss border security and military cooperation,” Col Thanathip told reporters.
Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon would [...]

Abhisit Will Visit Chiang Mai Despite Threats
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will visit Chiang Mai on Nov 29 to attend the Thai Chamber of Commerce meeting, even though he has been threatened.
A local Chiang Mai radio station reported threats to use bombs against the prime Minister. Chiang Mai is the home town of former [...]

Cambodian Government Seizes Thai Owned Company
The Cambodian government has seized control of Cambodian Air Traffic Services (CATS), a subsidiary of Thailand’s Samart Corporation, and has appointed a senior Civil Aviation official as its provisional custodian, Samart announced in a statement on Thursday.
Cambodian authorities expelled all Thai employees from CATS offices on Wednesday after Phnom Penh [...]