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BANGKOK: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday (Sept 1) confirmed he has received a police recommendation that ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra should be stripped of his police lieutenant colonel rank. 

CHUMPHON: Two men and a woman were arrested yesterday for allegedly transporting marijuana worth an estimated B5 million.

PHUKET: Residents and tourists have been urged not to panic if they hear the tsunami-warning evacuation sirens at Saphan Hin this Saturday morning (Sept 5) as disaster officials will be staging a mass evacuation drill in the area.

BANGKOK: Civil society leaders are condemning national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang for rewarding police investigators with B3 million for arresting a suspect in the Erawan shrine bombing, saying it is tantamount to bribery as they are already being paid a salary for their work.

PHANG NGA: The family of Wanna Suansan has defended her over allegations she was involved in the Ratchaprasong intersection and Sathon pier bombings over two weeks ago.

Latest This is a version of the ruling in the Phuketwan criminal defamation and Computer Crimes Act case as transcribed by lawyers, with the official transcription still in preparation.

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