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Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China despite torture fears

Rights experts say group, who have been detained for more than 10 years, face risk of disappearance and imprisonment

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2025

Mass crackdowns see thousands of scam center workers waiting in Myanmar for repatriation

A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated

Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025

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Major crackdown planned on drugs, call scams, human trafficking

The government is putting together a six-month campaign tackling drug problems, call centre gangs and human trafficking, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Monday.

Bangkok Post · Jan 21, 2025

Floods 'won't affect' Bangkok

The government said that floods in the North will not have an impact on Bangkok and other downstream provinces, with Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai saying the situation is under control.

Bangkok Post · Aug 23, 2024

African countries want answers over old rice sale

The Foreign Ministry will meet with diplomats from African countries to address concerns following reports that Thailand plans to sell 15,000 tonnes of 10-year-old rice to their countries.

Bangkok Post · May 28, 2024

Tests show 10-year-old rice 'safe to eat'

The government will auction off the rice from Yingluck Shinawatra's pledging scheme that had been stored in two warehouses in Surin for 10 years, after a laboratory test result showed that the rice is still safe to eat.

Bangkok Post · May 20, 2024

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Govt wants to sell 10-year-old rice

Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai on Monday said that the government wants to sell the last stocks of decade-old rice.

Bangkok Post · May 14, 2024

Prices of 20 essential items likely to be cut

The government is likely to start reducing the prices of 20 essential items next month, Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post · Sep 21, 2023

Speaker to be named July 4

The selection of the new House speaker will take place on July 4 as the Move Forward Party (MFP) and the Pheu Thai Party remain deadlocked over who gets the position.

Bangkok Post · Jun 29, 2023

Pheu Thai to finalise speaker stance on Tuesday

The Pheu Thai Party aims to finalise its stance on the selection of the House speaker on Tuesday, a day ahead of a planned meeting with the coalition-leading Move Forward Party (MFP) to resolve the dispute.

Bangkok Post · Jun 24, 2023

Compromise is in order

With every passing day, the Move Forward Party's (MFP) prospects of successfully forming a coalition government appear to slip further away despite its best efforts to keep calm, according to observers.

Bangkok Post · Jun 23, 2023

Speaker tussle rages on

Most Pheu Thai MPs are insisting the new House speaker must be a candidate from their party, saying it should listen to those who voted for it rather than bow to the Move Forward Party (MFP).

Bangkok Post · Jun 21, 2023

Battle for coveted speaker post rages on

The battle over who gets the House speaker post is to continue after Pheu Thai on Monday denied agreeing to let the Move Forward Party take the position as recently claimed by MFP secretary-general Chaithawat Tulathon.

Bangkok Post · Jun 19, 2023

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Bangkok Post · Jun 19, 2023

House speaker dispute not settled, says Pheu Thai

Pheu Thai deputy leader Phumtham Wechayachai said on Monday it had not been agreed which party would take the post of House speaker in the planned coalition government headed by the Move Forward Party.

Bangkok Post · May 26, 2023

Pita issues coalition unity call

Efforts are being made to defuse tensions between the Move Forward Party (MFP) and the Pheu Thai Party over who should get the role of House speaker.

Bangkok Post · May 6, 2023

Pheu Thai puts faith in new slogan as polling day looms

The Pheu Thai Party on Friday ramped up its election campaign in a last-ditch attempt to convince the nation it will be able to bring immediate change to the country after the May 14 vote if it is trusted by the electorate to form the new government.

Bangkok Post · Apr 29, 2023

Pheu Thai moves upset Move Forward

The Pheu Thai Party has adjusted its strategy, calling on voters to vote Pheu Thai to keep the other lot out, much to the displeasure of the Move Forward Party (MFP) whose campaign appears to be gaining traction.

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Bangkok Post · Apr 9, 2023

Abusing the election system

The party-list system, which is designed to allow professionals from various fields to become MPs, has been exploited by parties to return favours to loyal supporters or financiers, academics say.

Bangkok Post · Mar 27, 2023

Pheu Thai targets social costs of 2006 military coup

A top Pheu Thai Party official said his party's so-called democracy, judicial procedure, parities and equalities committee will work to rid Thai society of inequalities brought on by the 2006 military coup.

Bangkok Post · Mar 27, 2023

Report of Pheu Thai-PPRP 'secret deal' denied

There is no "secret deal" between Pheu Thai and Palang Pracharath parties to form a government with Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, the PPRP leader, as prime minister, Pheu Thai deputy leader Phumtham Wechayachai said on Monday.

Bangkok Post · Mar 20, 2023

Pheu Thai ups stakes in race

The Pheu Thai Party has recently revised its MP target, aiming to capture 310 House seats in the next polls — an ambitious scale-up from the 250 seats — and form a solid single-party government. The move is seen by academics as a major task and tactic to intensify the…

Bangkok Post · May 2, 2022

Pheu Thai up in arms over Abhisit claim

Former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has come under fire from Pheu Thai members over an interview in which he claimed the party wants to win the next election by a landslide in order to allow Thaksin Shinawatra to come home.

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