Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Anti-government protesters called off a rally they had planned for Tuesday because of an immense military presence on the streets of Bangkok. “We are not going to mobilize to anywhere because there are too many soldiers on the street,” said Nattawut Saikua, a leader with the United Front for Democracy Against […]
Two Iranians were arrested at the Suvarnabhumi Airport on Sunday for trying to smuggle one kilo of “ice” or crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride into Thailand. The drug was worth about Bt3.5million. The suspects Morteza Abbasi, 21, and Akbar Zerami, 23, swallowed the drug down their stomach before they boarded a flight from Tehran to the Suvarnabhumi […]
A proposed opposition Red Shirt march to occupy Silom Road or other Bangkok thoroughfares will be blocked CRES spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said. He said the panel has instructed security units to strengthen their forces to block United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) demonstrators from moving to other areas. The Bangkok Post said that the […]
Thailand’s Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva is under pressure to step down and leave the country following last weekend’s political violence which killed at least twenty-three people and wounded more than nine-hundred. This week the country’s electoral commission called for the dissolution of his ruling Democrat Party. Victims of last week’s violence accuse his troops of […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) – Cambodia has accused Thai soldiers of instigating a brief gunbattle between troops at a disputed border, saying nobody was injured in the latest clash between the two militaries. A Cambodian official says the two sides fired rifles, machine guns and rockets in a 15-minute clash early Saturday at the Ou […]
Reporters did not have an inkling of what was to transpire when the Election Commission on Monday suddenly advanced its agenda and voted 4:1 to recommend the dissolution of the Democrat Party for concealing a 258 million baht donation from TPI Polene and for the misuse of 29 million baht from the Political Party Support […]
BANGKOK, April 17 (TNA) – A lawyer representing all 24 anti-government protest leaders with outstanding arrest warrants told a senior police officer here Saturday that his clients would surrender to police on May 15 as they need time to collect money to post as bail. Lawyer Karom Poltaklang submitted a letter to Pol Maj-Gen Amnuay […]
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has announced he is putting the country’s army chief in charge of security operations. In a televised address, he said Gen Anupong Paojinda would be in charge of restoring order, replacing Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban. The announcement came as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters remained camped out in […]
