Thai kidnappers arrested, 264 killed on roads during Songkran : Tim Newton Today - April 19

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Arrests over the RCA Songkran shootings in Bangkok, also arrests of Thai men and women involved in the kidnap and extortion of the Chinese businessman, a detailed NIDA poll released 4 weeks before the election, Anutin's challenges to get Bhumjaithai up to 100 seats in the next parliament. International tourist arrivals dropping, Drug officials warn of a new drug circulating and for sale on social media, caretaker PM Prayut says Thailand is "a full democracy, maybe more".

 

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Tourist arrival numbers dropping
0:37 - Kidnappers arrested over Chinese man put in a plastic box and extorted for 4 million baht
3:17 - Songkran Seven Days of Danger over, how many dead and how does it compare with 2022?
6:59 - Latest NIDA poll for the Thai election, who is ahead?
9:34 - Anutin Charvirakul says he'll "step down from politics" if the polls are right
11:33 - Transport Minister's suspension upheld by Constitutional Court

12:53 - Thais arrested over Songkran street party shooting in Bangkok

 

 

[jensmann]

Have to ask this again:

Who needs Tim Newton, when I read all his news already???