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Somchai likely to be voted BOT board chairman on Friday

February 27, 2025

Somchai Sujjapongse is expected to be voted as the new Bank of Thailand board chairman on Friday. A selection panel favours him over rival candidate Prof Dr Surapon Nitikrapot. The decision will require Cabinet approval after the vote.

Wife of missing human rights lawyer wins senatorial election

June 27, 2024

Very few civil-sector workers won by a tiny margin because the poll was rigged for certain candidates, claims Senator-elect Angkhana

Review qualifications of winning Senate candidates first: Somchai

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2024

Outgoing senator urges Election Commission to see if the winning candidates are actually qualified before endorsing them

Former PM Somchai denies being top in line for Senate speaker’s post

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2024

Let me be elected first, says ex-leader, when asked if he was pushing for the post of Senate speaker

Spending 10.5 billion baht to write new charter not worth it, says senator

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2023

Senator Somchai Sawangkarn has aired opposition to the proposition of writing a new charter, saying it will not be worth spending 10.5 billion baht on conducting related public referendums.

Senators will wait till the last minute before voting for next PM: Somchai

MONDAY, MAY 29, 2023

A senator said he and his colleagues will wait until the last minute to see who is nominated as PM candidate, as it is still uncertain if Move Forward will command a House majority.

Cop’s grieving family drops legal threat after drunk driver pays record Bt45m

MONDAY, JULY 01, 2019

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.

Chon Buri ‘godfather’ Kamnan Poh succumbs to cancer

MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019

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.

Army instructor praised for grenade sacrifice

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 05, 2019

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.

Time to tackle the spectre of enforced disappearance

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2019

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

Former election commissioner Somchai ready to run in Samut Sakhon

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2019

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

Abhisit would welcome Somchai to Democrat Party

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018

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.

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