Chatchawal Kong-udom
Chatchawal Kong-udom ( th, ชัชวาลล์ คงอุดม, born 12 November 1943), also known as Chat Taopoon (), is a Thai business tycoon and politician. He is known as a ''chao pho'' (godfather) in Bangkok's underground gambling industry, and is an influential local figure in the Tao Pun area of Bangkok's Bang Sue District. He served as an elected senator for Bangkok from 2000 to 2006, and headed the ''Siam Rath ''Siam Rath'' ( th, สยามรัฐ, , ; lit.: 'Siamese State') is a Thai newspaper founded on 25 June 1950. It was one of the most politically influential newspapers during the latter half of the twentieth century, and was closely associat ...'' newspaper. Chatchawal founded the Thai Local Power Party in 2012. It contested the 2019 general election, and is expected to win two or three party-list seats according to unofficial calculations. References Chatchawal Kong-udom Chatchawal Kong-udom Chatchawal Kong-udom Chatchawal Kong-udom Cha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chao Pho
''Jao por'' ( Thai: เจ้าพ่อ, “godfather”) is a term used in Thailand to describe Thai organized crime groups. Meaning of the term ''Chao pho'' or ''jao poh'' literally means “godfather.” Chao pho, mostly based in the provinces, have business interests in both legitimate and criminal activities. Moreover, they have groups of associates and followers, move closely with powerful bureaucrats, policemen and military figures, sit in positions in local administration, and play a key role in parliamentary elections. Activities According to Thai authorities, there are ''chao pho'' groups in 39 of Thailand's 77 provinces. From these provinces they work like a local mafia as they are active in both illegal as well as some legitimate businesses. They are involved in a wide range of criminal activities such as prostitution, drug trafficking A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typica ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tao Pun
Tao Pun ( th, เตาปูน, lit= cement kiln, also spelled Tao Poon) is a neighbourhood in Bangkok's Bang Sue district. It is so named after the country's first cement factory, established in 1913 by the Siam Cement Company, whose corporate headquarters are still located here, adjacent Bang Sue Junction railway station Bang Sue Junction ( th, สถานีชุมทางบางซื่อ, ), is a railway station and junction located in Bangkok. It is situated on Thoet Damri Road, Chatuchak District. It is owned by the State Railway of Thailand, serves t ... on its west side. Today, the name most specifically refers to the area around Tao Pun Junction, where Krung Thep–Nonthaburi Road meets Pracharat Sai Song Road beneath the elevated Tao Poon MRT station, which connects the MRT Blue Line, Blue Line and MRT Purple Line, Purple Line. References {{coord, 13, 48, 22, N, 100, 31, 50, E, type:landmark, display=title Neighbourhoods of Bangkok Bang Sue distric ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the West. The city was at the centre of Thailand's political struggl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Senate Of Thailand
The Senate of Thailand ( th, วุฒิสภา, , ; formerly known as Phruetthasapha ( th, พฤฒสภา, , ) is the upper house of the National Assembly of Thailand, Thailand's legislative branch. In accordance with the 2017 Constitution of Thailand, the Senate is a non-partisan legislative chamber, composed of 250 members. All 250 Senators are appointed by the Royal Thai Military. Senators serve five year terms in office. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives were abolished as a result of the 2014 Thai coup d'état. These were replaced with the unicameral National Legislative Assembly, a body of 250 members, selected by the National Council for Peace and Order. However, the new 2017 constitution, which was approved by a referendum in 2016, re-established the Senate. Following the 2019 general elections, the Senate is to be composed of 250 military-appointed members, so it is considered as a rubber stamp legislative. After the promulgation of the 2017 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Siam Rath
''Siam Rath'' ( th, สยามรัฐ, , ; lit.: 'Siamese State') is a Thai newspaper founded on 25 June 1950. It was one of the most politically influential newspapers during the latter half of the twentieth century, and was closely associated with former prime minister Kukrit Pramoj, who was the newspaper's co-founder and, for various periods, its owner, director, editor, and columnist. The newspaper positions itself as a "quality" paper, like the more widely circulated ''Matichon''. Following Kukrit's death in 1995, the paper was sold to Chatchawal Kong-udom Chatchawal Kong-udom ( th, ชัชวาลล์ คงอุดม, born 12 November 1943), also known as Chat Taopoon (), is a Thai business tycoon and politician. He is known as a '' chao pho'' (godfather) in Bangkok's underground gambling in .... References External links * Newspapers published in Thailand Thai-language newspapers Thai news websites 1950 establishments in Thailand Publications establish ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thai Local Power Party
The Thai Local Power Party (TLP; th, พรรคพลังท้องถิ่นไท, ) is a Thai political party that was founded on 30 March 2012 under the name Thong Thin Thai (TTT; ), with Chatchawal Kong-udom, or Chat Taopoon, former Bangkok Senator and former executive editor of Siam Rath newspaper, as the founder and Seksorn Homrak as the first leader of the party. Later, in an extraordinary general meeting of the party on 24 March 2014, the party changed the party regulations, including changing the party's name to "Thai Local Power". On Friday 2 November 2018, the party held an extraordinary meeting of the party at Pathumthani Place Hotel to select a new party executive committee, where Chatchawal was elected to the position of party leader, Chuenchob Kong-udom, Chatchawan's son, was elected party spokesman, and Rattaphoom "Film" Thokhongsub, a famous singer-actor, was elected deputy party spokesman. The committee also elected Kriangkrai Phoom-laochaeng as deputy ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2019 Thai General Election
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Thai Businesspeople
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Leaders Of Political Parties In Thailand
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