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Local news
Monk accused
Con victim files complaint
Songkran Atchariyasap, 39, lodged a complaint with the Criminal Court on July 16 against Phra Wisutthathibodi, deputy abbot of Wat Suthas Thepwararam.
Songkran accused the monk of selling Phra Somdej Nua Hua amulets, falsely claimed to have been supported and approved by the Royal Household Bureau.
The monk is the latest of six people accused of being part of the scam, among them businessman Sitthikorn Boonchim.
Books go missing
Officials unsure about disappearance
High school textbooks worth about 23 million baht disappeared from a warehouse of the Office of Welfare Promotion Commission for Education Personnel on July 16.
Officials believe that staff stole the textbooks, which were kept in a storehouse at Lat Phrao.
Footage from 32 security cameras will help police find the culprits, according to Welfare Promotion official Banrue Panuwong.
Deputy Education Minister Pongsakorn Unnopporn, however, believes that the disappearance is more likely due to a documentation error, since the storage warehouse is guarded by security officers around the clock.
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Help on the way
Museum gets money
Officials in Ban Chiang plan to help the Ban Chiang Museum. The news was announced on July 16.
The officials think that the museum is very important. They plan to give 10,000 baht per month to the museum.
They hope that the museum will stay open every day.
Lawful recycling
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A policeman collects discarded plastic items on July 16 in front of Government House near the PAD rally site on Ratchadamnoen Avenue. He plans to sell the items to earn extra income.
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con (n): a trick; an act
of cheating somebody IDIOM around the clock: all day and all night without stopping |
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