| KORN FACES DAVID VS GOLIATH BATTLE |
| Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij's vow to scrutinise banks' fees imposed on customers making financial transactions, mostly through ATMs, won considerable backing on social media yesterday. |
| Police blow cover of drug busters |
| A large cache of narcotics worth more than Bt140 million was found yesterday at an abandoned petrol station in Ayutthaya, but a team of civilian anti-narcotics agents could not get their hands on the drug dealers because their cover was blown out by local police.
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| Nothing concrete from govt on added teacher protection in deep South |
| As more than 300 schools in Narathiwat province shut down yesterday in the wake of a fatal attack on two teachers earlier in the week, the government remained vague about how to better protect educational personnel from the raging violence in the deep South. |
| DSI urges witnesses to come forward |
| Those who witnessed deaths during the red-shirt protests in May and come forward to testify with the Department of Special Investigation will be given legal immunity and exemption from criminal prosecution as well as personal protection as needed, DSI director-general Tharit Phengdit said yesterday.
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| Agency would 'smooth links between govt, bureaucrats' |
| An agency promoting good governance in the public sector floated the idea yesterday of setting up a new body to deal with the policies and promises of lawmakers that might disrupt the work of the bureaucracy.
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| HOUSE MEETING ON BOUT TURNS UGLY |
| A House panel meeting on the Viktor Bout extradition saga turned ugly yesterday when two MPs at the centre of the matter started exchanging angry words and making personal attacks rather than focusing on the matter at hand. |
| Police nab Chinese fraud suspect |
| The immigration police yesterday arrested a Chinese man suspected of being involved in a Bt600-million fraud case. |
| Thailand may be hotter by 4 degrees in next 3 decades |
| In the next 35 years, the temperature in Thailand will rise by 4 degrees Celsius, which will result in the eastern provinces getting inundated in 300 millimetres of rainfall every year, an expert said yesterday. |
| Massage teacher accused of falsely promising overseas jobs |
| A teacher of Thai massage was arrested in Bangkok's Bang Khen district accused of duping people of money with faulty promises that she could find them jobs in other countries, police said yesterday. However, the suspect denied the charge. |
| Deputy mayor arrested after bribery sting |
| A deputy mayor of Phayao province's Muang Phayao municipality has been arrested for allegedly demanding a Bt150,000 bribe in exchange for a C2-rank civil-service position, Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) secretary-general Pinyo Thongchai said yesterday.
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| Polio emerging again in some countries |
| The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday expressed concerns about the re-emergence of polio.
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| No bomb found on THAI aircraft : FBI |
| A bomb squad found no evidence of an explosive or bomb on board a Thai passenger plane which received written terror threats, the FBI said early Wednesday.
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| Thai flight lands safely in LA following bomb threat |
| A THAI Airways flight from Bangkok landed safely in Los Angeles following a bomb threat.
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| Disaster relief requests often fraudulent |
| Random checks by state officials have found most applications for natural disaster relief appeared to be fraudulent.
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| Local bandage cheaper, more effective |
| A Chulalongkorn University researcher has developed a local version of a patch for wounddressing made of silk protein sericin, which also promotes collagen production for the wound healing process.
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| Another arrest in party HQ bombing |
| The Department of Special Investment (DSI) yesterday detained 39yearold Suriya Bhumwong as the latest suspect arrested following the bomb attack on Bhum Jai Thai Party headquarters on June 22. Suriya is being held under the first 12day detention period provision.
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| Car kills policeman at checkpoint, student charged |
| A university student from Thai Chamber of Commerce University allegedly killed a policeman at a checkpoint in Bangkok's Taling Chan district early yesterday and was initially charged with reckless driving causing death and property damage.
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| Wanted: reliable police good at suppressing crime |
| The new national police chief Pol General Wichean Potephosree issued a four-point policy statement yesterday, that included a promonarchy stance, in his inauguration ceremony at the Royal Thai Police compound.
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| Map Ta Phut residents call on Senate to intervene |
| The Network of Eastern Residents yesterday urged the Senate to intervene and get the government to review its declaration that there were just 11 industrial activities that could have serious impacts on public health and environment.
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| Cabinet nod for anti-brawling measures |
| Chinnaworn denies proposing deep South bootcamp idea |