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BANGKOK: Shares of the four telecom companies that took part in last week’s 4G auction suffered sharp selloffs on Monday (Dec 21) after analysts downgraded the sector on concerns that the high bids would deal a blow to earnings.

BANGKOK: Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul will travel to Songkhla on Wednesday (Dec 23) and then to Yala as part of his inquiry into the death-threats claim by the former chief investigator in the Rohingya human trafficking case.

BANGKOK: The Cabinet has approved the establishment of corruption courts for state officials and people in the private sector, while politicians will continue to be tried in the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions.

LAS VEGAS: Miss Universe Thailand Aniporn “Nat” Chalermburanawong won the Best National Costume award Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas on Monday (Dec 21).

PHOTO ALBUM Immigration officers at Phuket International Airport arrest a danish man allegedly trying to fly to Copenhagen carrying 1.6k of heroin valued at three million baht.

Latest A British couple are being treated in a Phuket hospital after crashing through the entrance to a house in an unusual motorcycle incident. The pair took a wrong turn to Patong.

Phuket Updating Digest PM sings new song for Thailand; Fears of more ‘slave’ boats at sea; How to prepare for a trip to Thailand; Pating Hill killer crash inquest begins.

Around the region Thailand is expected to head SE Asia’s tourism push; Miss Philippines emerges victorious; Chef caught in car park; Santa won’t make it to Brunei.

PHUKET: The government campaign to ban the sale of alcohol anywhere near schools and other “educational institutions” is unnecessary, according to a huge majority of people who voted in the latest online poll by The Phuket News.