
NTC member quits as lawsuits loom

Artorn Chandavimol, one of seven commissioners with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), submitted his resignation on Monday, reportedly out of concerns that the telecom regulator could face lawsuits.
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Police nab 11 over online baccarat casino

Police yesterday arrested 11 people, including two foreigners, for operating an online casino over the Internet from a building right opposite the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) headquarters.
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Village protest over police unit

Some 300 people - mostly women and children - blocked a road in southernmost Yala province yesterday and demanded that border patrol police leave their village.
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Smuggled apes on the way home

The 48 smuggled orang-utans rescued from Bangkok's Safari World Zoo are on their way back to their native Indonesia and expected to arrive at noon today, Thai officials said yesterday.
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Hospital 'victim' takes case to Govt House

A former irrigation worker who alleges he became a paraplegic because of negligent treatment by a Lampang hospital - that later reneged on a vow to treat him if he didn't sue - has appealed to the prime minister for help.
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Airport noise set to cost a small fortune

Airports of Thailand (AOT) will likely need more than Bt7 billion to solve problems arising from Suvarnabhumi Airport's noise pollution, Transport Minister Theera Haocharoen disclosed yesterday.
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Honouring HM the King

The Cabinet yesterday agreed to designate His Majesty the King as the "Father of Thai Inventions".
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