The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to five years in jail after finding him guilty of illegally holding shares in the state's phone concessionaires and a conflict of interest.
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On Wednesday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha submitted his list of new cabinet ministers for royal endorsement, according to a source.
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Nok Air insisted yesterday its business would be able to return to solvency despite the airline following Thai Airways' lead and filing a business rehabilitation request with the Central Bankruptcy court.
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Scientist sticks by car speed
A Chulalongkorn scientist who concluded that Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya drove his car at 177km/h in the infamous 2012 hit-and-run case is sticking by his evidence and says he was never told the speed was later adjusted to nearly 100 km/h less.
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One of the two witnesses whose testimony reportedly convinced prosecutors to drop all charges against Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya died following a motorcycle crash in Chiang Mai early yesterday.
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The Department of Medical Sciences is keen to try a new method of detecting Covid-19 using saliva which is more suited for mass testing, its director-general, Opas Kankawinphong, said on Wednesday.
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