Booby traps used against political travellers from the south

Buses and vans carrying passengers from the south hoping to join a major protest against the government in Bangkok last night (Sat, Nov 23, 2013) were seriously delayed by nails spreaded on the highway near Chumphon,  hit by stones thrown to break wind shields, blocked by police checkpoints and trucks.

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Money stolen from accounts via bugged ATM machines

Some ATM machines in Bangkok were found installed with skimmer device by international criminals. Around 40 people reported their cash withdrawn from their accounts in foreign countries.

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Various sectors join in nation wide protest against Amnesty bill

After the recent passing of a general amnesty bill by Thailand's House of Representative, aiming to give a clean history of Mr. Thaksin from sentenced corruption cases and to pave way for a return of around 60 billion Baht confiscated asset judged to be obtained illegally and taxes to him, the bill is now in the hand of Thailand's Senate.  If the Senate passed the bill, surely a petition would likely be launched to the Constitution Court to decide.

Apart from many protests held by thousands of people in several locations in Bangkok, there are protests in many provinces.  In addition, many groups have come out to protest againt it, including University professors and students from nation-wide institutions, rural doctors from many provinces, government enterprise worker unions, bussiness groups.

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Regarding a group of 63 judges who under-signed an announcement against the amnesty bill, spokesman of the Office of the Judicial Courts said that it was acceptable since they came out to voice their opinions as private citizens.

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Dean and members of the Faculty of Laws, Thammasat University came out against the principles of the Amnesty Bill.

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How Thailand could improve her IT business environment ?

Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Google, gave a talk at Google Big Tent Thailand 2013 conference in Bangkok on November 5, 2013. He suggested that Thailand could improve her IT business status in 4 ways :- a) building the country's (IT) ecosystem, b) producing more IT personnels, c) issuing 4G licenses quickly, d) having political stability.

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October 21 - Tree Loving Day in Thailand

Commemorating the birthday anniversary of the late Princess Mother (born October 21, 1900), who actively involved in Thailand's reforestation efforts, October 21 has been designated as Thailand's National Tree Loving Day.  Activities were organized at Doi Tung (= Flag Mountain) 's working area in Chiang Rai, her original site, by the Forestry Department and the National Park Department.

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Former Deputy PM and Finance Minister opposed Rice pawning program

Former Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Finance MInister, Pridiyathorn Devakula, estimated that Thailand government of PM Yingluck has lost 425 billion Bahts of budget money for 2 years of the rice buying program.  He estimated that over 110 billion Bahts had gone into pockets of non-farmers.
He also submitted an open letter to the PM asking her to discontinue the program and use other methods to help farmers instead.


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Petroleum conglomerate try to silence Thai media

According to Thailand's news media, Thai government has so far turned blind eyes on the recent oil leak in the guilf of Thailand and its ecological impacts due to error from PTTGC.  Meanwhile, PTTEP group tried to shut up news of the impacts by sending threat of legal action to some Thai media if they continue reporting on the issues.

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