The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has launched comprehensive safety measures for the Loy Krathong festival, which falls on Monday this year.

The owner of the Waterfront luxury condominium project in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district is being hit with two civil lawsuits lodged with Pattaya Provincial Court for a combined Bt100 million in refunds and compensation, a lawyer representing 20 buyers of the condo units said on Tuesday.