PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers - Nov 9

BANGKOK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Thai newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

TOP STORIES

- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said that fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra would visit Phnom Penh on Thursday to give a lecture on economic matters (THE NATION)

- The government's move to scrap a maritime deal with Cambodia is not a "hit where it hurts" decision as it is based on sketchy information over interests in the overlapping areas in the Gulf of Thailand (THE NATION)

- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is continuing to urge his deputy Suthep Thaugsuban to finalise the reshuffle of deputy police chiefs and other senior officers (BANGKOK POST)

BUSINESS

- The Finance Ministry will soon submit the draft law on pollution taxes to the cabinet, as part of government efforts to tackle irresponsible industrial development (THE NATION)

- Thailand hopes to receive a loan of $3.1 billion from the World Bank for clean energy technology projects to help limit the impact of climate change, according to the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (BANGKOK POST)

- Four candidates for seats on the national telecom regulator have expressed a desire to review the agency's plan to auction 3G-2.1GHz wireless broadband spectrum licences to ensure the public gets the maximum benefit from the licensing process (THE NATION)