News in brief from Thailand – December 12
Police seized drugs worth 600 million baht on Saturday and arrested five suspects.
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China has deployed 13 policemen to protect Chinese freighters on the Mekong. The first ten Chinese ships have sailed to Thailand. Patrol boats manned by agents from China, Laos, Burma and Thailand provide protection. The reason is the hijacking of two Chinese cargo ships and the murder of XNUMX crew members at the beginning of October.
News in brief from Thailand – December 9
Corruption has reached a critical level, say 90,4 percent of respondents in a poll by the Research Center of Bangkok University. 1.161 people in Bangkok were interviewed. 69 percent think people should stand up against corruption; 24,45 percent thinks corruption is not a problem and 6,6 percent thinks corruption is acceptable.
News in brief from Thailand – December 8
Prime Minister Yingluck's Facebook team has been fired for the blunder it made by posting a picture of King Ananda in Yingluck's call for people to attend the King's birthday festivities.
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Two deputy transport ministers complain about their boss. He delegates too little and constantly interferes with their work.
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Yingluck Prime Minister Yingluck was admitted to Rama IX hospital on Monday night with suspected food poisoning. She suffered from diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea and fatigue. She had to let go of the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday and other activities scheduled for yesterday.
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Souvenirs and other valuables worth half a million baht stolen from the Ayutthaya Elephant Kraal during the floods have been recovered by police. They were found in a home in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. The owner of the home denied stealing them; they had come driving up according to him.
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Former Prime Minister Thaksin will only return to Thailand when 'reconciliation really happens'. At a press conference in Korea yesterday, he said: 'I don't want to be part of the problem, but I want to be part of the solution.'
Martinusschool Twello supports Thai students
Primary school Martinus in Twello raised more than three thousand euros for underprivileged young people in Thailand with a sponsorship campaign yesterday.
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Ex-student arrested for lèse majesté Not only writing an article about the Royal House is risky, because before you know it you will be accused of lèse majesté; it is also better not to copy critical articles from the internet. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology not only monitors suspicious sites, but can also find out who has copied articles. This was noticed by a now ex-student who last year when he was still …