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Covid-19 has slammed the door on cockfights, and don’t expect to see fighting fish in combat either, or horse racing or even human boxing matches, until the crisis is over.

Interior Minister Gen Anupong Paochinda said Thursday he has not yet planned to apply for membership of the coalition leader Phalang Pracharat Party.

Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda said the head of the rescue mission will have the final say on the timing to evacuate the 9 footballers still stranded in the Tham Luang cave.

Floodwater level inside the Tham Luang Cave continues to rise on Thursday afternoon and is hindering efforts to rescue 13 footballers believed to have been stranded since last Saturday.

Interior Minister General Anupong Paojinda on Tuesday said any state official found to be involved in alleged irregularities at provincial protection centres for the destitute would be dismissed from the civil service without a pension “to set a standard” for society.

Deputy PM and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan and Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda, military senior classmates of the premier, would remain in the Cabinet, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday.

Almost 20,000 people have responded to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s six questions concerning future politics and the election, Interior Minister Gen Anupong Paochinda said on Tuesday.

Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda on Monday declined to say whether he thought the six questions posed last week by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha were suggestive.

The Interior Ministry is preparing the amendment of laws related to local elections in order to pave the way for holding the polls, Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda said on Monday.

A CABINET decision on Tuesday to transfer Chon Buri and Nonthaburi governors to the PM’s Office was the best solution that shows the government cares about public sentiment, said Interior Minister General Anupong Paojinda.

Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda on Tuesday warned Chon Buri people against triggering an angry conflict due to their being inconvenience by long lines to lay sandalwood flowers in homage to HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda on Tuesday affirmed that Bangkok residents should not be worried over the potential danger of flooding from northern run-offs, as the Royal Irrigation Department was in control of water in dams and 12 water-retention fields in upstream areas could absorb floodwater before it reached the capital.