Hotel worker's body found, warrant out for chauffeur
The body of a Bangkok hotel employee was found yesterday in a pond after she disappeared on Monday while carrying around Bt1 million in local and foreign currencies.
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Progress reported in case of illegal-lottery corruption
Three graft probes involving the Thaksin Shinawatra government are making headway, particularly the case on illegal lotteries.
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'Militants not Malaysian'
Malaysia says that militants captured in insurgency-hit southern Thailand with a cache of weapons and money are not Malaysian citizens and were not trained here, according to reports yesterday.
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Selection of university chief halted
The Khon Kaen Administrative Court has ordered the process to select a new president for Mahasarakham University to be suspended.
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Pakistani gets life for killing, chopping up teacher
A Pakistani man was given a life sentence yesterday for killing and dismembering a Thai teacher he had met over the Internet last year.
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Police to be charged in 'war on drugs' case
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will soon file charges of murder and abuse of authority over the death of nine-year-old Chakraphan Srisaard in a police sting operation during the "war on drugs" in February 2003, a high-ranking department source said yesterday.
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New system speeds up help for victims
The Health Service Support Department will propose a draft for a new compensation system for medical-malpractice victims to Public Health Minister Mongkol na Songkhla in a month's time.
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Job losses not expected to exceed 2006
The Labour Protection and Welfare Department predicts unemployment this year will be similar to last year, which was lower than in 2005.
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