BANGKOK -- Panthongtae Shinawatra, the son of Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was on Monday acquitted by court of money-laundering charges.

The Criminal Court lifted the money-laundering lawsuit against Panthongtae who had been earlier accused of accepting a 10 million baht check (about 331,125 U.S. dollars) from another person allegedly involved in the money-laundering case.(Thailand-Former PM-Son)

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BANGKOK -- A luxury cruise ship, carrying 150 passengers and crewmembers, hit rocks in the sea off southern Thailand during the wee hours of Monday but finally sailed safely to shore, a navy officer said.

The French-owned cruise liner, named La Belle Des Oceans, hit the underwater rocks in the Andaman Sea about three nautical miles east of Phi Phi islands off Krabi province at about 03:00 a.m., according to the navy officer attached to the Third Navy Area Command.(Thailand-Ship-Accident)

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MUMBAI -- Unhygienic eating habits among Indian school children has revealed that over 30 percent of them are pre-diabetic, said Pallavi Darade, Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration of India’s western state of Maharashtra Monday.

Efforts are being made by the government to change the menu in schools and create awareness about healthy diet and exercise, she said speaking at a health and wellness conference.(India-Children-Health)

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TOKYO -- Japan on Monday said it was untrue that the government apologized to South Korea after it lodged a protest with Tokyo over its alleged distortion of facts pertaining to Seoul's decision to maintain a bilateral intelligence-sharing pact.

Japan's top government spokesperson, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, in response to remarks purportedly made over the weekend by South Korea, stating that it had lodged a protest over Japan's distortion of facts and had received an apology, shrugged off the latest wrangle.(Japan-South Korea-Pact)

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HONG KONG -- The Hong Kong police said on Monday that they will send a safety team into the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) to negotiate with and offer medical assistance to the rioters remaining on the campus, with a goal of peacefully solving the week-long standoff.

Chief Superintendent Ho Yun-sing, District Commander of Hong Kong Police Force's Yau Tsim District, said at a media briefing on Monday afternoon that the police understand the public concern about the alarming situation in the PolyU, especially the health and well-being of people who are still staying on the campus.(Hong Kong-Campus-Safety team) Enditem

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