Thailand Live Wednesday 30 Apr 2014

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Abhisit meets Palang Chon leader to lobby for compromise reforms
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajva on Wednesday met with Palang Chon Party leader Sonthaya Khunpluem to lobby for support for his compromise version of political reform.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/722636-abhisit-meets-palang-chon-leader-to-lobby-for-compromise-reforms/

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RT @ReutersIndia: Thai PM Yingluck, election commission agree to hold general election on July 20 - commissioner

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Govt agrees with EC to hold election on July 20

BANGKOK: -- The government and the Election Commission agreed Wednesday on holding the new election on July 20.

Election Commission chairman Supachai Somcharoen said the meeting atmosphere between the EC and the government was good and the caretaker government agreed with all the proposal raised by the EC.


-- The Nation 2014-04-30

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PCAD Relocates Due To Dwindling Numbers: Surapong
By Khaosod English


PCAD leader Suthep Thaugsuban is given a rock-star welcome by sympathetic bureaucrats as he arrives at the state-owned telecommunications company TOT Public Company Limited in northern Bangkok on 30 April, 2014.

BANGKOK — Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul has downplayed what anti-government protesters are calling their "last fight," insisting that their new move is only a response to waning numbers.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/722639-pcad-relocates-due-to-dwindling-numbers-surapong/

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Brunei announces May 1 start of Sharia law implementation

KUALA LUMPUR: -- Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Wednesday announced the implementation starting May 1 of a Sharia-based penal code, which includes punishments such as amputations and death for certain crimes.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/722642-brunei-announces-may-1-start-of-sharia-law-implementation/

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Court orders ex-PM Samak's inheritors, ex-deputy interior minister Pracha to compensate BMA
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, April 30 -- The Central Administrative Court on Wednesday ordered beneficiaries of the estate of the late former prime minister Samak Sundaravej and former deputy interior minister Pracha Maleenont to pay compensation to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) for fire engines and boats procured as a City Hall project.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/722616-samaks-wife-pracha-ordered-by-court-to-pay-bt587-million-to-bma/page-2#entry7757767

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Suthep set to announce new D-Day to overthrow government

BANGKOK, 30 April 2014 (NNT) - The People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) is preparing to announce the date of their new push to oust the current government. The date will be revealed at 7 o'clock tonight.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/722644-suthep-set-to-announce-new-d-day-to-overthrow-government/

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Tak Road Witnesses Yet Another Tragic Accident

By Khaosod English

TAK - A hilly slope of the highway in Mueang district of Tak province has claimed yet another traffic accident in which 15 people were killed.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/722620-14-dead-in-northwest-thailand-road-accident/page-2#entry7757887

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Suthep announces Monday as day of final war

BANGKOK: -- Rally leader Suthep Thaugsuban on Thursday declared he will lead final battle with caretaker Yingluck government on the Coronation Day on Monday.

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/722663-suthep-announces-monday-as-day-of-final-war/

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RT@BPbreakingnews: Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan has moved forward a planned UDD rally on Aksa Road from May 6 to 5.

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Thailand Live Thursday 1 May 2014

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/722711-thailand-live-thursday-1-may-2014/