99 Citizens Group urges Prayut to step down before eight-year term ends

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A 99 CITIZENS GROUP has today (July 31) kicked off a fresh move for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down before his eight-year term supposedly ends next month. Today's anti-Prayut movement steered by the Campaign For Democracy Committee and endorsed by the so-called 99 Citizens group including academics, political …

Air Force repeats calls for procurement of F-35A fighters

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI AIR FORCE has repeatedly called for the planned purchase of a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters to get on par with others deployed by neighbouring countries. Air force spokesman AM Prapat Sonjaidee insisted again today (July 31) that a dozen F-35A Lightning II stealth …

Over 60m baht assets seized in raids on 4 drug networks

  A LARGE-SCALE operation against four major drug networks along the northern border led to the seizure of big amounts of methamphetamine pills, Ketamine and raw opium as well as the impounding of over 60 million baht assets from one of them, Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Sarayuth Sanguanphokai, chief of Narcotics Suppression Bureau, …