Thai health officials are expected to gather more data in coming weeks as the highly transmissible BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron spread in Thailand. There is a new wave of the two Omicron sub-variant infections hitting a number of countries that had, until recently, seen a large drop in their Covid case loads. Germany, Italy, Australia, Taiwan, Brazil, UK, Mexico, the US states of Florida, Texas and New York, Chile and Greece are some of the countries which have seen sudden spikes and rises in hospital admissions. South Africa and Portugal both had sudden spikes of the new sub-variant area and are now in the decline phase. The UK, for example, is now going through what it describes as its third major wave of infections over the past 6 months. An estimated 1.7 million people in the UK were infected in the 7 days leading up to June 18, a 23% rise on the week before and a 43% jump from the previous week. With people out and about for the region’s summer, medical … [Read more...] about Thailand News Today | Police arrested for bribery over Chinese adult films
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Klang cops arrest five linked to convenience store robberies
KLANG: Police here have arrested five men in connection with a string of robberies at 24-hour convenience stores. South Klang OCPD Asst Comm Cha Hoong Fong said the suspects were aged between 21 and 45, adding that they were arrested in two separate raids on June 11 and June 24. "In the most recent incident which occurred at 3.48am last Friday, it was found that two suspects on motorcycles had entered a convenience store here,” said ACP Cha. He said the suspects were armed with a machete which they pointed at the female cashier before taking cash and various cigarettes from the premises. "Acting on information, the police arrested the suspects during a raid on two houses in Taman Teluk Gedung Indah, Port Klang at about 1.50pm on the same day,” said ACP Cha. "Through the arrests, the police managed to solve five more robbery cases involving convenience stores in the district," he added at a press conference on Monday (June 27). He said that various items including machetes … [Read more...] about Klang cops arrest five linked to convenience store robberies
YAB funds came from contributions, not proceeds from illegal activities, says Zahid
KUALA LUMPUR: The RM65mil funds from Yayasan Akalbudi (YAB) that went into a fixed deposit account at Messrs Lewis & Co came from the contributions of individuals and corporate bodies, the High Court was told. Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the funds that were given to YAB - a charity foundation he established - were meant for charity purposes. "I stress that the funds were not proceeds from illegal activities as defined under the Anti-Money Laundering Act," he said here on Monday (June 27). The Umno president also testified that he had never instructed any lawyers or staff from the law firm Lewis & Co, including its clerk V. Sothilechmy, to deposit the funds into a fixed deposit (FD) account between 2016 and 2017. Ahmad Zahid, who was reading from his witness statement, said Sothilechmy had testified in court that she received instructions to do so (depositing the money into an FD account from lawyer B. Muralidharan of Lewis & … [Read more...] about YAB funds came from contributions, not proceeds from illegal activities, says Zahid