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A traffic police officer, who suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a car while directing traffic during the Songkran break, has undergone a second operation on his skull...
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A traffic police officer, who suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a car while directing traffic during the Songkran break, has undergone a second operation on his skull and, while his response to the surgery is positive, he remains under close monitoring, according to doctors at the Police General Hospital.
Pol Col Bancha Thiwaissrakul, one of the doctors treating the non-commissioned police officer, Piyanan Seesua, said today that the patient remains on life support, with a ventilator helping him to breathe.
His vital signs, although not stable yet, have improved, but his neurological condition remains unchanged. He requires medication to stimulate blood pressure and his kidney function is normal.
Another doctor, Pol Lt-Col Pancharat Preechaharn, said that the patient’s eyes have sustained serious damage, with blood in the left eye and the right needing surgery, which must wait until his neurological condition has improved following the operation on his skull.
Pol Lt-Gen Taweesilp Wechvitarn, the chief doctor at the hospital, said that the patient’s vital signs are improving, but doctors have to monitor for any brain swelling closely.
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19 April 19 2024Generalhttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/?p=332663 - Ex-deputy PM criticises senators’ planned European study trips as terms end
Former deputy prime minister Plodprasop Suraswadi has criticised a large group of senators who are planning overseas study trips before the end of their terms in office and has urged...
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Former deputy prime minister Plodprasop Suraswadi has criticised a large group of senators who are planning overseas study trips before the end of their terms in office and has urged them to cancel their plans for “the sake of their dignity”.
In his Facebook post today, Plodprasop said that the European study trips, planned by several Senate committees, whose terms in office are due to end on May 10th, have come under heavy public criticism because the trips will cost an estimated 81 million baht of taxpayers’ money.
In justifying the study trips, the Senate committees claim that they have not been abroad for a few years, thanks to the COVID pandemic and, therefore, have saved the budget earmarked for overseas trips for Senate committees.
They claim that now is the right time for them to conduct the overseas trips, to gain knowledge which will be “beneficial to the people of the next generation”.
Plodprasop said that some of these senators have, in the past, criticised other officials planning overseas trips as wasting taxpayers’ money and have summoned them for questioning.
“Now, they are doing it themselves, which is disgusting, “ said the former deputy Prime minister, adding that several of these senators are retired senior police and military officers who had good service records while they were still in the services.
He admitted to being shocked at learning that these senators have jumped on the same bandwagon with those who want to waste taxpayers’ money to fund their overseas junkets.
“Believe me, for once, as an old friend, cancel the travel plans for the sake of your honour, which has been accumulated over a long time. Why throw it away now?” asked Plodprasop.
Asked by reporters about the matter, president of the parliament and House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said that it is the affair of the Senate and the responsibility of the Senate Speaker.
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19 April 19 2024Highlighthttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/?p=332659 - Diesel price to rise by one baht per litre this Saturday
The diesel price is expected to increase by one baht, to 31.44 baht/litre, from tomorrow, unless the Fuel Fund Executive Committee decides to absorb the increase, fully or partially. At...
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The diesel price is expected to increase by one baht, to 31.44 baht/litre, from tomorrow, unless the Fuel Fund Executive Committee decides to absorb the increase, fully or partially.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the cabinet decided not to extend the one baht/litre excise tax cut for diesel, which is due to expire today. This means that the pump price of diesel will automatically rise by one baht/litre at midnight tonight.
Informed cabinet sources say that the Fuel Fund Executive Committee has not yet decided whether to absorb the full or half the price increase, as both options will impact the Oil Fuel Fund, which is already running at 103.6 billion baht in the red.
The sources said that, if the committee decides to absorb the increase, either fully or partially, in order to ease the burden on consumers, the measure would only be temporary.
The one-baht excise tax cut on diesel, which was put in place on February 18th, 2022, has cost the Finance Ministry about 178 billion baht in lost revenues.
The Energy Ministry has, however, been trying to persuade the Finance Ministry to extend the excise tax cut or to provide budget from the Central Fund to subsidise diesel prices.
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19 April 19 2024Generalhttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/?p=332655 - Thaksin’s most complicated mission ever
Thailand’s triangular political equilibrium rests on many things, and one of the most important foundations can be the most unpredictable. Thaksin Shinawatra, wielding one of the country’s biggest political influences...
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Thailand’s triangular political equilibrium rests on many things, and one of the most important foundations can be the most unpredictable.
Thaksin Shinawatra, wielding one of the country’s biggest political influences according to an opinion poll, spawns theories. The first is what “appears” to be publicly but is gaining skepticism left and right.
In the first theory, he is sincere about stepping away from politics, about giving political advice to the Pheu Thai-led government from time to time, about helping the Shinawatra grownups maintain relevance in Thai politics as long as that does not impact his devotion to the Shinawatra toddlers.
The second theory is that he unexpectedly has to be substantially more politically active than he wanted to, because of the threats posed by the Move Forward Party to Pheu Thai’s status quo. In other words, Pheu Thai is no longer the leader in the ideological half it once dominated, and Thaksin has to fix it.
This means a lot more than giving occasional advice or helping the government promote the digital wallet. Pheu Thai needs a reboot, and so far Srettha Thavisin and Paetongtarn Shinawatra do not look like they were built for the job. To win back the party’s popularity, Thaksin cannot act like the man Chuan Leekpai is to the Democrat Party.
Simply put, while Chuan is no longer the Democrats’ flagship, Thaksin has to be the real face of Pheu Thai. Yet in this second theory, it’s not that Thaksin is cunning or trickery. It’s because the brand needs him or it will die, quickly or slowly.
The third theory is pretty much like the second one, but it’s not because the brand needs him. In this one, he planned the whole thing _ his swift return from exile (the timing, while largely questioned, was actually good because the conservatives were being made to panic by Move Forward, so much so that they overcame their “fears” of him), Pheu Thai’s “betrayal” of Move Forward, digital wallet no matter what, and “Shinawatra” being Thailand’s most powerful political royalty.
A lot of people believe in this third theory, even before the Super Poll confirmed Thaksin as one of the most politically influential men in Thailand a few days ago. The poll’s findings came out amid photos of Prime Minister Srettha looking humble before Thaksin whose presence is making his own daughter Paetongtarn, leader of the Pheu Thai Party, slide into the background.
Thaksin is also a big schemer in the fourth theory, which is highly unbelievable at the moment but should not be completely discarded. This theory has Pheu Thai and Move Forward conspire to eventually neutralise the conservatives. They either may have been conspiring, or finally will conspire depending on the situation.
Backers of this theory point at the fact that the conservatives are now backpedaling and have no leading demagogues like Sondhi Limthongkul during the Thaksin government or Suthep Thaugsuban during the Yingluck administration. In short, the time is right to put the conservatives on the side for good.
However, doubters of this theory say the very fact that the conservatives could be weakened to the point of irrelevancy will make the chances of Pheu Thai and Move Forward getting reunited very slim. Whether it’s right or wrong, political tradition dictates that the two biggest parties should go separate ways, one to the government and the other to the opposition.
The doubters believe the endgame will be Move Forward and Pheu Thai fighting for the same political market themselves.
Can Thaksin turn the tide for Pheu Thai amid Move Forward’s surge? To his supporters, Thaksin’s strong point is the economy. Pheu Thai’s ideology only came later when he got too big, too powerful and what happened to him legally was regarded as politically controversial.
Thaksin is in fact a businessman, and this makes him more bendable than Move Forward. If the economy picks up and the grass-roots benefit, whatever his true intention is, Pheu Thai will reap gains.
On the contrary, if things turn sour like the police issue worsening or the digital wallet causing financial or political pains, they will amplify Pheu Thai’s problems.
One thing is for sure. His political exile was more straightforward. He led one half of Thailand and the other half wanted him gone, through court cases that some might consider certain corruption whereas the others saw political persecution in them.
Of the four theories, the first was the least complicated. In the second, he would have to do just enough to make Pheu Thai regain popularity and not anger the conservatives in the process. As for the third, he will have to infuriate the conservatives, who have some legal trump cards in their hands, to achieve his goal.
The fourth can be the most difficult. Doing too little will help Move Forward but not his party and doing too much may prompt the conservatives to torpedo the grand plan. A misstep can also ruin both parties.
There probably is the fifth theory, in which Thaksin’s plan is no plan and he is playing it by ear. This could make the agent of chaos function in the most unpredictable mode ever.
By Tulsathit Taptim
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19 April 19 2024Analysishttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/?p=332650 - Palang Pracharath to host joint meeting of governing coalition parties
The Palang Pracharath party will play host for a joint meeting of coalition parties this month, but the event has nothing to do with a cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Srettha...
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The Palang Pracharath party will play host for a joint meeting of coalition parties this month, but the event has nothing to do with a cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin told the media today.
The first meeting of coalition parties was hosted by the Pheu Thai party, with the second hosted by the Bhumjaithai party.
Pol Gen Patcharawat Wongsuwan, the advisory chief of Palang Pracharath party, is yet to set the date for the next gathering, said the prime minister, as he dismissed media speculation that a cabinet reshuffle would be discussed.
As head of the government, Srettha said that the most important things he expects from individual ministers are good performance and results.
Media speculation over a cabinet reshuffle has led to lobbying by some ministers, he said, adding that he has made clear that the best safeguard for his ministers is good performance.
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19 April 19 2024Generalhttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/?p=332647 - Deputy Minister’s son gets suspended sentence for drunk driving
The son of a deputy minister was given a suspended jail term, had his driver’s license suspended for six months, was ordered to perform 12 hours of community and fined...
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The son of a deputy minister was given a suspended jail term, had his driver’s license suspended for six months, was ordered to perform 12 hours of community and fined 4,000 baht after he was found guilty of drunk driving.
The suspect, whose name was not disclosed by the police, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, after he refused to stop at a police checkpoint on Bangkok’s Ratchadapisek Road and rammed his BMW into road barrier early this morning.
At about 3.30am today, police manning a checkpoint at the mouth of Ratchadapisek Soi 31 indicated to a BMW to pull over for a check, but the driver refused to stop and rammed his car into the barrier, after which the police made the arrest.
Police then demanded a breathalyser test, but the driver refused. The police used an alternative device, which did not require the driver’s cooperation, which produced a blood-alcohol reading of 183mg per 100mL.
The 46-year-old driver was taken to Prachachuen police station for questioning, but he refused to acknowledge the charges against him, accused the police of having no authority to make the arrest and of stealing belongings from the car.
Pol Col Sanya Ubonwirattana, the superintendent of Prachachuen police, said that the driver pleaded guilty to the charges after he had sobered up and was released on bail.
The driver was indicted in Bangkok North District Court this morning, found guilty of drunk driving and sentenced to two months in prison, suspended for two years, fined 4,000 baht, had his driver’s license suspended for six months and was ordered to perform 12 hours of community service.
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19 April 19 2024Generalhttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/?p=332642 - New York officially recognises Songkran as an important cultural event
The legislative assembly of New York State has adopted a resolution designating Songkran as an important cultural event for the Asian-American community in the state. The resolution, proposed by Steven...
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The legislative assembly of New York State has adopted a resolution designating Songkran as an important cultural event for the Asian-American community in the state.
The resolution, proposed by Steven Raga, a legislator in New York State, was adopted during a meeting of the assembly in Albany, the capital of New York State, on April 1st.
In the resolution, it is mentioned that Songkran is not only celebrated in Thailand, but also in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, as well as among minorities in Vietnam, China’s Yunnan province and in Sri Lanka.
The resolution was welcomed with by the Thai community and Buddhist organisations in the United States and is regarded as an honour that Songkran has been recognised as a cultural event in the West.
On April 14th, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer presided over the Songkran celebration held at the Thai Thavorn Wararam Temple in New York City.
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19 April 19 2024Newshttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/?p=332639 - Explosions in Iran, US media reports Israeli strikes
Iran’s state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival. Air defence systems...
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Iran’s state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival.
Air defence systems over several Iranian cities were activated, state media reported, after the country’s official broadcaster said explosions were heard near the city of Isfahan.
Israel had previously warned it would hit back after Iran fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend. Most of them were intercepted.
Iran’s Fars news agency reported “three explosions” were heard near the Shekari army airbase in the northwest of Isfahan province, while Iran’s space agency spokesman Hossein Dalirian said “several” drones had been “successfully shot down”.
“There are no reports of a missile attack for now,” Dalirian said on social media platform X.
Nuclear facilities in Isfahan were reported to be “completely secure”, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported, citing “reliable sources”.
ABC and CBS News reported the strikes had been carried out by Israel, quoting US officials. There was no immediate comment from the White House or Pentagon.
CNN quoted an official as saying the target of the Israeli attack was not nuclear.
The Israeli military told AFP: “We don’t have a comment at this time.”
– Flights suspended –
Over the weekend, Iran carried out its first attack to directly target regional foe Israel.
Israel, backed by its allies, intercepted most of the 300 missiles and drones launched by Iran, and suffered no deaths.
It launched its attack in retaliation for an April 1 strike on its consulate in Damascus that was widely blamed on Israel.
Iran is a key backer of the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
Fears of a major regional spillover from the Gaza war have soared since the Iran attack on Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has vowed to destroy Hamas over its October 7 attack that started the Gaza war, has stressed that Israel “reserves the right to protect itself” against Iran.
The United States, Israel’s main ally and military supplier, has made clear it would not join a reprisal attack on Iran, but unveiled sanctions against people and entities involved in producing the drones deployed in the Iranian assault.
“We are holding Iran accountable,” US President Joe Biden said Thursday, announcing the measures after the European Union said it would also sanction Iran’s drone programme.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian had warned that Tehran would make Israel “regret” any attack on the Islamic republic.
Flights were suspended across swathes of Iran on Friday.
“Iran’s air defence has been activated in the skies of several provinces of the country,” Tehran’s official IRNA news agency said.
Mehr news agency reported that “flights to Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz, and airports in the west, northwest and southwest have been suspended.”
Flight-tracking software showed commercial flights avoiding western Iran, including Isfahan, and skirting Tehran to the north and east.
There was no immediate comment from Dubai’s Emirates airline, which was operating several of the planes.
– Mideast ‘on a precipice’ –
Blasts were also reported in southern Syria, according to a local activist group.“There were strikes on a Syrian army radar position,” said Rayan Maarouf, who runs the Suwayda24 anti-government website that covers news from Sweida province in the south.
On Thursday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres painted a dark picture of the situation in the Middle East, warning that spiralling tensions over the war in Gaza and Iran’s attack on Israel could devolve into a “full-scale regional conflict.”
“The Middle East is on a precipice. Recent days have seen a perilous escalation — in words and deeds,” Guterres told the Security Council.
“One miscalculation, one miscommunication, one mistake, could lead to the unthinkable — a full-scale regional conflict that would be devastating for all involved,” he said, calling on all parties to exercise “maximum restraint.”
Oil prices surged more than three percent in early Asian trade on Friday following the reports of explosions.
By Agence France-Presse
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19 April 19 2024Worldhttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/?p=332629 - Hindu nationalist Modi the favourite as India votes
India began voting Friday in a six-week election with an all but assured victory for Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a weakened opposition is pushed to the sidelines....
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India began voting Friday in a six-week election with an all but assured victory for Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a weakened opposition is pushed to the sidelines.
A total of 968 million people are eligible to take part in the world’s biggest vote — a staggering logistical exercise that critics say follows a concerted effort to delegitimise rivals.
A long and winding queue was patiently assembled outside a polling station in the Hindu holy city of Haridwar, on the banks of the Ganges river, even before the booths opened.
“I am here because I am happy about the direction the country is headed,” said autorickshaw driver Ganga Singh, 27.
“I will vote keeping in mind not personal welfare but the country’s prosperity.”
Modi, 73, remains resoundingly popular after a decade in office that has seen India rise in diplomatic clout and economic power, as well as efforts by his government to bring the country’s majority faith in ever closer alignment with its politics.
“I urge all those voting… to exercise their franchise in record numbers,” he wrote in a social media post on X as the election began.
“Every vote counts and every voice matters!”
Modi has already led the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) through two landslide victories in 2014 and 2019, forged in large part by his appeals to the Hindu faithful.
This year, he presided over the inauguration of a grand temple to the deity Ram, built on the grounds of a centuries-old mosque razed by Hindu zealots.
“The nation is creating the genesis of a new history,” Modi told the thousands gathered for the ceremony, among them Bollywood celebrities and cricket stars.
Construction of the temple fulfilled a long-standing demand of Hindu activists and was widely celebrated across India with back-to-back television coverage and street parties.
– ‘Pattern of repression’ –
Analysts have long expected Modi to triumph against a fractious alliance of more than two dozen parties that have yet to name a candidate for prime minister.His prospects have been further bolstered by several criminal probes into his opponents and a tax investigation this year that froze the bank accounts of Congress, India’s largest opposition party.
Opposition figures and human rights organisations have accused Modi’s government of orchestrating the probes to weaken rivals.
“We have no money to campaign, we cannot support our candidates,” Rahul Gandhi, the most prominent Congress leader, told reporters in March.
“Our ability to fight elections has been damaged.”
Congress dominated Indian politics for nearly seven decades following independence and remains the only opposition party with a nationwide presence.
In Haridwar, Gabbar Thakur, who photographs tourists by the Ganges for a living, turned out early to vote.
“I am here because I am upset with the government,” he said. “The so-called development hasn’t reached where I live.”
Modi’s tenure has seen India overtake former colonial ruler Britain as the world’s fifth-biggest economy, and Western nations lining up to court a prospective ally against regional rival China’s growing assertiveness.
In doing so, they have sidestepped concerns over the taming of India’s once-vibrant press and restrictions on civil society that have seen rights groups like Amnesty severely curtail their local operations.
Last year, the tax office raided the BBC’s local offices weeks after the British broadcaster aired a documentary questioning Modi’s role in 2002 religious riots that killed around 1,000 people, most of them Muslims.
While India is constitutionally secular, the country’s 220 million-strong Muslim community and other minorities have felt threatened by the rise of Hindu nationalist fervour.
Modi’s time in office had seen “a pattern of repression to undermine democracy and civic space”, rights group CIVICUS said in a Wednesday report.
– Opposition alliance –
Modi’s BJP is challenged by an alliance of more than two dozen parties that have come together in an electoral bloc.It has accused Modi’s government of using law enforcement agencies to selectively target its leaders and undermine its campaign.
Among them is Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested last month and still in custody on allegations his party received kickbacks in return for liquor licences.
Gandhi — the scion of India’s most famous political dynasty, whose father, grandmother and great-grandfather all served as prime minister — was briefly disqualified from parliament last year after being convicted of criminal libel.
The 53-year-old has criticised the government for democratic backsliding and its chest-thumping Hindu nationalism.
On Friday, his Congress party urged voters to end “hatred and injustice” as polls opened.
“Your one vote can put an end to inflation, unemployment, hatred and injustice,” it said on social media platform X.
But Gandhi has already led Congress to two defeats against Modi and his efforts to dent the premier’s popularity have failed to register with voters.
Published opinion polls are rare in India, but a Pew survey last year found Modi was viewed favourably by nearly 80 percent of the public.
Voting will be staggered over seven stages between April 19 and June 1, with more than a million polling stations across India.
Ballots will be counted all at once on June 4 and are usually announced on the same day.
By Agence France-Presse
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19 April 19 2024Worldhttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/?p=332625 - Deputy National Police Chief suspended
Pol Gen Kitrat Panphet, the acting national police chief, has signed the order to suspend deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn and four more police officers accused of...
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Pol Gen Kitrat Panphet, the acting national police chief, has signed the order to suspend deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn and four more police officers accused of being involved in money laundering in relation to an online gambling network.
The order takes affect immediately on April 18. The other four police officers are: Pol Col Kittichai Sangkhathaworn, Pol Lt Col Krit Pariyaket, Pol Sgt Natthawut Wadwaew and Pol Sgt Natthanan Chuchak.
Pol Gen Kitrat confirms that everything is being done in due process of the law and the police investigation.
He also emphasises that, while he is currently the acting police chief, he has full authority.
Pol Gen Kitrat said he had informed the prime minister so that Pol Gen Surachate can be transferred from his inactive post at the Office of the Prime Minister back to the Royal Thai Police headquarters as the disciplinary investigation continues.
He cited that the suspension order is issued as the investigation could require a considerable amount of time, during which, the five accused police officers still has the right to appeal.
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18 April 18 2024Newshttps://www.thaipbsworld.com/?p=332619