Customers staying away, owners shutting up stores in wake of killings

‘Democrat Party canvasser’ gunned down in Narathiwat

A former local official believed to have been a political canvasser in Narathiwat’s Rangae district was yesterday shot dead outside his house, police said.

Traffic woes worsen following subway closure

With subway services suspended because of Monday’s collision between two trains, traffic on Bangkok’s roads is starting to worsen.

Police told to act as toll mounts

A Senate committee yesterday urged police to do a better job of protecting election canvassers following a spate of poll-related murders, which it fears will lead to further deaths in the run-up to the general election.

National Discovery Museum opens doors

The first museum dedicated to the history of Thailand and its cultural heritage was yesterday inaugurated by Deputy Prime Minister Chaturon Chaisang.

Cambodia yet to charge Thai gamblers

Nine Thais detained in Cambodia for allegedly using hi-tech gadgets to cheat a casino in Poipet have not yet been officially charged, the Thai Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

Bird flu found in Rayong chickens

Imports of poultry across Thailand’s eastern border have been banned after the discovery of the bird-flu virus in chickens in Rayong, the Livestock Department said yesterday.

US tight lipped on N Korean refugees

The US Embassy in Vientiane yesterday neither confirmed nor denied reports that North Koreans had climbed into the embassy compound seeking asylum but said the United States continued to be concerned about the suffering of the North Korean people.

Morgan gypsies decide to return to the sea

It was a tough call for aid workers and government officials, but this time around it was pretty much left for the Morgan sea gypsies to decide for themselves.

We won’t bend to dark influences, says Bhokin

Interior Minister Bhokin Bhalakula said yesterday he would not let 55 mafia types stand in the way of the post-tsunami rehabilitation of Patong Beach, the prime tourist destination on the resort-island of Phuket.

Low-cost plan backed

“What will happen if another tsunami hits Thailand tomorrow?” That’s the question Nasa scientist Tavath Veruttipong asked a gathering of Thai seismologists and other experts from related fields on Tuesday.

Cape, gypsy families resist resettlement

A total of 110 families in Phang Nga want to return to their battered hometowns rather than move to new accommodation provided by the local authority.

Alarm on trial

A tsunami alarm system developed in Thailand, the Bang Rachan Alarm System, will be installed at Pattaya Beach today for tests.

VOTE-BUYING SCANDAL : Newin distances TRT from furore

Minister says he is responsible for his own actions

Farmers’ phone plan scrapped

A-Mobile, cell-phone vendor M Link Asia Corp’s project to offer low-cost phones to farmers who belong to Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives, yesterday came to a halt amid political controversy.

ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING : Bystander in coma facing slim odds

Police corporal turns himself in to face investigation

Woman who had miscarriage arrested in baby’s kidnapping

Police arrested a young woman who allegedly kidnapped a baby boy from Nakhon Pathom Hospital on Sunday to raise as her own, a police officer said yesterday.

No reprieve for death row cam

The Corrections Department has cancelled a plan to broadcast on its website the lives of death-row inmates up until the moment before their executions, director-general Nathee Chitsawang said yesterday.

Appeal yields 20 more years

Former senator Chalerm Phromlert got more than he bargained for when the Appeals Court yesterday not only upheld his statutory rape conviction but also added 20 years to his 16-year sentence.