"SOMCHAI"

The family of a deputy police commander killed in a road accident has dropped the threat of legal action against the drunk driver responsible after he paid Bt45 million in compensation.

Somchai Khunpluem, better known as Kamnan Poh or the “godfather of Chon Buri” who brought prosperity and development to the eastern province but was sentenced to two jail terms, succumbed to cancer early Monday, his family said. He was 82.

Sergeant Major First Class Somchai Thanabat, 32, has been praised as a hero after he died trying to save a trainee who failed to throw a live grenade at the Thanarat military camp in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Pran Buri district on Tuesday morning.

Fifteen years after Muslim lawyer Somchai went missing, politicians once again have an opportunity to change the law 

Former Election Commission member Somchai Srisutthiyakorn drew the number 11 on Monday morning for his candidacy in Samut Sakhon under the Democrat Party banner.

Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Saturday that former Election Commission member Somchai Srisutthiyakorn would be welcomed if he decides to join the Democrat Party.

Somchai Sujjapongse’s rejection of a role in national development leaves the deputy PM in need of a trusted skipper

FORMER finance chief Somchai Sujjapongse’s abrupt resignation has caught the government’s economic management team off-guard as he was seen as the best person to orchestrate the upcoming 20-year national development agenda.

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday that he would not ask Somchai Sujjapongse, the former permanent secretary for finance, to stay on and was not worried about a potential rift between the Cabinet and top officials.

THE Cabinet has approved the transfer of Somchai Sajjapongse, the Finance Ministry permanent secretary, to the post of secretary-general at the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) to take charge of the country’s 20-year strategic development blueprint.

Sacked election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn on Friday posted on his Facebook page calling on Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha to examine the legal validity of advice from his legal affairs office in regard to the controversial election date, and if it was found that the PM had been wrong about the issue, he should “return justice to him”.

Former election commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn has the right to comment publicly on politics as long as he does not break any law, a key government figure said on Thursday.