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The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has filed lese majeste charges against Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit for his statement on Thailand’s Covid-19 vaccination plans and linking it to a royally owned pharmaceutical company.

The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has opposed the appointment of two officials, one involved in the botched prosecution of absconding Red Bull scion Vorayuth 'Boss' Yoovidhya, and another facing a criminal investigation.

Now that the Parliament has passed three emergency decrees allowing the government to borrow Bt1.9 trillion, Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana will propose the Budget Expenditure Transfer Act in a bid to ease the impact Covid-19 has had on people’s lives.

The real estate sector Is worried about the impact of a new tax the government plans to levy from August 1.

Kratom, the indigenous plant whose leaves have been used in traditional medicine since at least the early 19th century and were once served to welcome guests into the home, could be removed from the narcotics list as early as May.

A network of human-rights lawyers and victims of torture has submitted proposals on draft legislation against the use of torture to Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, president of the Commission on Law, Justice and Human Rights.

Many landowners are growing fruits and vegetables in expensive Bangkok to escape the newly launched tax on vacant land.

Property companies are worried that the new land and building tax law will increase their costs amid the economic slowdown.

The cabinet on Tuesday (November 26) approved a draft of the Social Security Act on preventing or solving the problem of teenage mothers. The draft will be in accordance with the Prevention and Solution of Adolescent Pregnancy Problem Act 2016.

The National Fisheries Association of Thailand (NFAT) is working with Bangkok Insurance to provide insurance to its members before the Fisheries Labour Protection Act comes into effect on November 18, Mongkol Sukcharoenkana, the association’s president, said on Tuesday (November 12).

Mom Ratchawongse Chatumongol Sonakul, leader of Action Coalition for Thailand (ACT), the party founded on behalf of Suthep Thaugsuban, said Thursday that he doesn’t mind accepting the post of PM’s Office minister instead of foreign minister, which he had been tipped to get.

The Trade Controls on Weapons of Mass Destruction (TCWMD) Act, Thailand’s export control regulation on dual-use and military items, received Royal assent and was published in the   Royal Gazette on April 30, 2019.