9,000 people face tourism subsidy fraud charges
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published : 27 Jan 2021 at 19:10
28 National police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk, centre, chairs a press conference on action against the embezzlement of the We Travel Together subsidy scheme, at the Royal Thai Police Office in Bangkok on Wednesday. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
Police will prosecute about 9,000 people who allegedly conspired with hoteliers and shop owners to defraud the We Travel Together stimulus scheme, the national police chief said on Wednesday.
Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk, commissioner of the Royal Thai Police Office, held a press conference after Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police raided two hotels and numerous shops in Chaiyaphum and Phuket provinces on Wednesday morning in a move against widespread embezzlement of government funds through abuse of the We Travel Together scheme.
Police move to summon Pareena over encroachment
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Investigators insist outspoken government MP must answer four charges
published : 8 Jan 2021 at 18:52
31 Royal Forest Department officials post a notice to seize a farm run by Ratchaburi MP Pareena Kraikup in Chom Bung district of Ratchaburi on Dec 19. (Photo by Saichon Srinuanchan)
The Royal Thai Police Office has been asked to issue a summons to Ratchaburi MP Pareena Kraikup to report on charges related to alleged forest encroachment by her poultry farm in the province.
The Palang Pracharath Party lawmaker would be asked to meet prosecutors in her home province to officially hear the charges, said Pitak Uthaitham, chief of the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division, which filed the request.
Chon Buri is ready for more visitors
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Governor anxious to play down fears
published : 1 Jan 2021 at 04:00
2 The Mahachai train station market in Samut Sakhon lies deserted after strict measures were imposed restricting transport and people’s movements into the province. It is one of several clusters blamed for the new Covid-19 outbreak. (Photo by Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
The governor of Chon Buri yesterday denied the province was under lockdown and said local authorities were actually considering an easing of restrictions to draw visitors back to the seaside province.
Pakkhathorn Thianchai, who is also chairman of the provincial communicable disease committee, said Chon Buri was also open to outsiders and they would not have to self-quarantine when they returned home.
Chon Buri police chief transferred over gambling den covid reports
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published : 31 Dec 2020 at 11:59
23 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, right, inspects Covid-19 responses in Chon Buri province on Wednesday. (Photo: Government House)
The Chon Buri police chief has been transferred to an inactive post in Bangkok after reports a person infected with Covid-19 had visited an illegal gambling den in the province.
The order transferring Pol Maj Gen Prakarn Prachong to the operations centre of the Royal Thai Police Office was signed by national police chief Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk. It was effective from Wednesday.
In a separate order signed by the police chief, Pol Maj Gen Thiti Saengsawang, deputy commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 1, was made acting Chon Buri police chief.
Difficult roads ahead
Difficult roads ahead
It ll be up to Thai citizens to rescue its struggling tourism sector in 2021 as a prolonged pandemic is expected to depress international arrivals
published : 31 Dec 2020 at 08:36
13 Visitors travel to the top of Khao Chang Pheuk hill in Thong Pha Phum National Park in Kanchanaburi to see the sunrise. Domestic tourists will play a crucial role in a rebound of the tourism industry during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: PIYARACH CHONGCHAROEN
Thailand expects to face a long drought period in the international tourism market from now until the first half of next year, according to the Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn.