Recently, CKPower Public Company Limited partnered with the Chas Kaengchuang Group to hold a blessing ceremony and install a five-tiered white cloth parasol over the main ordination hall at Wat Na Huai in Pranburi District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, marking the completion of the temple's restoration work. The ordination hall is a historically significant religious structure in the community, believed to have been built during the late Ayutthaya to early Rattanakosin periods. The restoration was carried out in consultation with the Fine Arts Department's architecture office and the Fine Arts Regional Office No. 1 in Ratchaburi to ensure the preservation and restoration aligned with the original architecture and ancient monument conservation principles. This project is part of efforts to maintain the community's important religious site as a spiritual center for Buddhists and to preserve Thai cultural heritage. Thanavat Triwisvethed, Managing Director of CKPower, presided over the ceremony alongside Seevalee Triwisvethed, company advisor; Walaiyanutt Triwisvethed, Managing Director of TTW Public Company Limited; and Dr. Anukul Tantimas, Deputy Managing Director of Human Resources and General Administration at Chas Kaengchuang Public Company Limited.

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On May 19, 2025, Prit Chaturon, a Pheu Thai party list MP and opposition coalition coordinator, addressed the Constitutional Court's acceptance of a petition challenging the constitutionality of the 400 billion baht borrowing decree. While parliament must pause its approval process once the court accepts the case, the government has declared it will proceed with spending, with the cabinet expected to approve initial fund disbursement on that same day. Chaturon argued that parliament's concrete response should be establishing an ad hoc committee to investigate whether the funds are being used transparently and directly, similar to past oversight practices.

Chaturon revealed that his party submitted an urgent bill last week awaiting the speaker's determination on whether to classify it as an emergency matter. He expressed hope the speaker would grant urgent status, as the government has already begun spending from the borrowing decree. He warned that if the speaker refuses urgent designation and the matter doesn't reach parliament next week, it would raise serious questions about the speaker's neutrality.

When asked what would happen if no ad hoc committee is established, Chaturon criticized the government's approach of bundling 200 billion baht in public assistance with 200 billion baht in energy projects, describing it as using relief funds as collateral for energy initiatives and reflecting government deception. He argued that either blocking the ad hoc committee's establishment or refusing urgent bill status would constitute "parliamentary evasion"—first by circumventing normal legislative processes through the decree mechanism, and second by preventing proper oversight. "This would only reinforce opposition concerns about this government's lack of transparency," Chaturon concluded.

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Police Lieutenant General Thatchai Pitanilabut, Deputy National Police Commander, deployed to Phitsanulok to dismantle the human smuggling network operating call center fraud schemes.

On May 19, 2025, Deputy Commander Thatchai revealed that following coordination with ASEAN police networks and the Indonesian police attaché regarding Indonesian nationals held in Phitsanulok awaiting illegal border crossing to work at border call centers, he authorized tracking operations by Region 6 Police, the Immigration Bureau's Checkpoint 5, and relevant agencies. The search of a residential location in Muang Phitsanulok district resulted in the apprehension of two Thai nationals, three Indonesians (two men and one woman), and one Chinese national, with two vehicles seized. All suspects underwent victim screening for human trafficking; preliminary results showed the three Indonesians were not trafficking victims. They reported previously working in neighboring countries before being smuggled across the border into Thailand to prepare for reassignment to call center operations along the Mae Sot border area.

Deputy Commander Thatchai, accompanied by the Indonesian police attaché, proceeded to Muang Phitsanulok Police Station to expedite evidence collection and expand the investigation to identify all smugglers, brokers, and facilitators involved.

Thatchai stated that human smuggling operations and transnational criminal networks continue active efforts utilizing coordinator and smuggler networks across multiple areas, and authorities will accelerate investigations and expand prosecutions against additional suspects.

The Royal Thai Police is upgrading technology and AI systems to support data analysis and tracking of transnational networks' movements. Region 6 Police has been ordered to coordinate with immigration and relevant agencies to accelerate investigations, expand prosecutions, and conduct rigorous operations to eliminate foreign smuggling networks.

On May 19, 2025, at Parliament, Atthakorn Sirilattayakorn, Chakburi constituency MP and Palang Pracharath party (PP) spokesman, discussed his party's stance on drafting a new constitution. He expressed regret that last week Parliament did not consider the constitutional amendment draft that the cabinet failed to reendorse, as some versions would have been preliminary steps, and starting entirely from scratch contradicts the referendum results.

Atthakorn stated that Palang Pracharath will soon hold a party meeting to discuss constitutional amendments with members, deciding whether to submit its own draft or support other members' proposals. Any draft that poses no threat to governance, benefits the public, and strengthens democracy would receive party backing. If the party does not submit its own draft, it will support suitable alternatives, since constitutional amendments cannot be achieved by a single party and require parliamentary consensus, which is time-consuming. The party should therefore choose proposals with the broadest coverage and greatest benefit to Thailand's democratic system with the monarchy as head of state.

When asked what improvements Palang Pracharath envisions to the 2017 Constitution, Atthakorn said the party would focus on public convenience and address weaknesses or unpopular elements, prioritizing those issues while confirming it will not touch important sections.

Regarding ballot design, Atthakorn noted he discussed with Parunya Thevaneramittkul, a law professor at Thammasat University, a proposal to improve ballot clarity and accessibility, particularly for elderly voters, making the voting process more convenient and transparent.