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One more Mexican flu death

Posted on Friday, 3 July 2009, 16: 30 GMT

Thailand's Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) confirmed Friday one more fatality from influenza A(H1N1), raising the country's death toll from the new virus strain to six. Permanent Secretary for Public Health Prat Boonyawongvirot told reporters that the sixth victim was a 30-year old man who worked as a day labourer. He visited a doctor at a Bangna hospital last Sunday (June 28) after showing flu-like symptoms since June 20. The diagnosis showed him to be suffering from tonsilitis and was given medication by the doctor before he went home for recovery. However, instead of getting better his symptoms worsened and he was admitted to hospital on Tuesday (June 30). The doctor found that the patient experienced severe lung infection and died on July 1. Dr. Prat explained that the death report was delayed because he was not in the MOPH list of influenza A(H1N1) victims and needed laboratory confirmation on July 2 before the announcement. He said the victim was considered overweight at 123 kg and 165 cm height. (Source: Thai News Agency)

Politicians do not want to hear of petition for Thaksin

Posted on Friday, 3 July 2009, 16: 25 GMT

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday condemned as inappropriate the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship's (UDD) campaign to collect a million signatures of support for a petition requesting royal clemency for fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The UDD leaders and their red-shirt supporters should not try to bring the royal institution into politics, he said. To petition for a royal pardon, the convicted person or his relatives must present the petition, not other people purporting to act on their behalf. Royal clemency could be granted only to convicted felons serving jail terms. The most important thing, he said, was that Thaksin must first admit to his guilt. Mr Abhisit said the government will ask state agencies to help ensure the general public has a clear understanding on this matter, so they do not become the dupes of those trying only to create confusion. (Source: The Bangkok Post)

Petition for Thaksin?

Posted on Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 11: 23 GMT

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will not stop his supporters from gathering a million signatures to support a petition to His Majesty the King seek a royal pardon for the fugitive politician, Thaksin's legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Tuesday. Mr Noppadon believed more people were becoming sorry for Thaksin day by day. The former foreign minister said he had spoken to Thaksin, who said he would not be able to stop people from pushing the petition. The Democrat party's claim that Thaksin hired a lobbyist to spread his news was not correct, Mr Noppadon said.
We do not quite see the ground for the political turmoil about this possible petition: If Thaksin enters a petition, the last word about it will be with His Majesty the King. (Source: The Bangkok Post)

Flu spreads further

Posted on Monday, 29 June 2009, 10: 45 GMT

A naval conscript succumbed to the type-A (H1N1) influenza infection Monday morning, raising to three the number of the flu fatalities, the director-general of the Medical Department said. Doctor Rewat Wisarutwej, the director-general of the Medical Department, also reported 41 new cases of type-A (H1N1) influenza, raising the accumulated number of the cases in Thailand to 1,330. The naval conscript suffered from bleeding in lungs and his heart beating stopped several times Sunday night. Doctors put him on respiratory system but he succumbed to the disease at 9 am Monday, Rewat said. (Source: The Nation)

PM: Border tension will ease

Posted on Sunday, 28 June 2009, 23: 08 GMT

Tension along the Thai-Cambodian border should ease following Saturday’s talks between Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who spoke on Sunday. Mr. Abhisit said Mr. Suthep had already briefed him on discussions made with Mr. Hun Sen in the Cambodian capital. The discussions had helped both sides gain better understanding of the problem, Mr. Abhisit said, noting that it is expected that tensions at the Thai-Cambodian border should ease. “We will wait to see whether troops deployed at the border should be reduced,” the prime minister noted. “Now, it is hoped that both countries will resolve the border problem through peaceful means as agreed earlier.” (Source: Thai News Agency)

Northeast still wants Thaksin

Posted on Sunday, 28 June 2009, 23: 04 GMT

The Phue Thai Party's landslide victory in the by-election in Si Sa Ket yesterday, following hot on the heels of its by-election conquest in Sakhon Nakhon, proves the solid allegiance that northeasterners still hold for ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, Pheu Thai chairman Chalerm Yoobamrung said. Thaksin's popularity has brought Surachart Charnpradit his polling triumph, Chalerm said in congratulating the Pheu Thai candidate during a press conference. Thaksin called Pornsak Charoenprasert, an MP for Si Sa Ket, asking him about the results. When Thaksin was told that the Pheu Thai candidate beat his rival handily, he responded with a cheer and told both the Si Sa Ket and Sakhon Nakhon campaign teams to visit him in Dubai, Pornsak said. They are expected to see Thaksin in two weeks after the Election Commission endorses them. (Source: The Nation)

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