PRESS DIGEST - Thai newspapers Feb 15

BANGKOK, Feb 15 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Thai newspapers on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

TOP STORIES

- The Election Commission's sub-committee investigating House Speaker Yongyuth Tiyapairat has found him guilty of electoral fraud, the first step in a process that could see him stripped of the speaker's post (BANGKOK POST)

- Police have arrested a 21-year-old American woman dubbed the "ponytail bandit", who is accused of robbing seven banks in three U.S. states (THE NATION)

- The Thai Chamber of Commerce and drug producers suggested the government consider other measures to give the poor access to vital drugs rather than compulsory licensing, which would have a negative impact on Thailand's international trade (THE NATION)

- The former coup makers have no objection to the 111 banned Thai Rak Thai executives being given seats on the boards of state enterprises, or moves to pardon them (BANGKOK POST)

BUSINESS

- PTT PCL PTT.BK plans to replace B2 biodiesel, a blend of 2 percent biofuel and 98 percent high-speed diesel, with the cleaner B5 biodiesel at stations nationwide by July (BANGKOK POST)

- Development firm W Group, headed by Wichai Poolworaluck, is investing 1 billion baht in two boutique hotels in central Bangkok (THE NATION)