Trang: A former manager of local cooperative has been detained by the court for allegedly stealing rubber stock worth more than 300 million baht.
Nitda Atsem, 47, was taken by Crime Suppression Division police to the Trang Provincial Court yesterday, where she was remanded in detention after being arrested in Pak Tho district of Ratchaburi on Thursday.
She allegedly fled three years ago from Trang to Ratchaburi to escape charges in connection with stealing rubber stock from the cooperative and selling it to a private firm. Nitda was earlier convicted of issuing fake promissory notes causing damages worth 50 million baht. According to police, the theft has left the cooperative in financial distress. Nitda denied the charges.
‘Rate hike no cause for alarm’
commerce: The increase in the policy rate issued by the Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will not increase public debt, said deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek.
She said that despite the MPC raising the rate from 0.25% to 0.75% per annum, state-run banks have announced they will keep the current borrowing rate as long as they can or until the end of the year.
Ms Rachada said the MPC’s decision to boost the policy rate was aimed at managing interest rates so the economy can expand at a steady level without undue inflation. Public debt will account for 61.3% of gross domestic product, down from an earlier forecast of 62.6%, at the end of the current fiscal year next month, Ms Rachada said.
Monkeypox fears growing: survey
survey: Most people are worried by the discovery of monkeypox cases in Thailand and most now have some knowledge of the virus, says a survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.
The poll was conducted online on 1,095 people nationwide on Aug 5-11.
Asked whether they were concerned by the discovery of monkeypox in Thailand, 54,3% were fairly concerned; 27.2% not particularly concerned; 14.1% very concerned; and 4.29% not concerned at all.
Most respondents — 66.7% — said they knew a little about monkeypox, while 5.3% had detailed knowledge. On the other side, 24.29% knew little about it and 3.65% knew nothing of the disease.