Thailand's biggest call-scam gang sentenced to prison
Seventy criminal accomplices rounded up in Thailand's biggest scam-gang bust have been sentenced to up to 24 years in prison.
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Anutin Charnvirakul, previous interior minister and leader of the now opposition Bhumjaithai Party, blames a sharp decrease in Chinese arrivals and losses in Thailand's tourism sector on the Pheu Thai-led government's dismissive attitude towards Chinese President Xi Jinping&& s repeated cautions against its gambling establishment legalisation policy.Anutin Charnvirakul, previous interior minister and leader of the now opposition Bhumjaithai Party, blames a sharp decline in Chinese arrivals and losses in Thailand's tourist sector on the Pheu Thai-led government's dismissive mindset towards Chinese President Xi Jinping&& s duplicated warnings against its gambling establishment legalisation policy.
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German arrested on Koh Phangan for investment fraud targeting Australians
SURAT THANI - A 54-year-old German has been arrested on Koh Phangan for allegedy orchestrating a fraudulent investment scheme targeting investors in Australia.
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Phumtham defends reshuffle
Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai insisted that the decision to replace several senior ministry officials with known ties to the Bhumjaithai Party wasn't politically motivated, saying the move was taken to improve administrative performance.
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Fish sauce hurled at Hun Sen portrait outside Cambodian embassy
A barefoot protester was fined 100 baht after splattering fermented fish sauce over a portrait of Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen outside the Cambodian embassy in Bangkok on Monday.
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Coalition in crisis
Amnesty bills are now taking precedence over the more controversial Entertainment Complex Bill as the administration walks a political tightrope, with critics wondering if the move is a sincere attempt to reconcile a fragmenting coalition or rather a strategic manoeuvre by an embattled government.
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