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 […]
THAKSINISM is back in Thailand. Almost four years after Thaksin Shinawatra’s ousting, while he shuttles by private jet from one haven to the next, under threat of jail at home, with 76 billion Thai baht ($2.5bn) of assets seized or frozen, his disciples are poised to reclaim government with huge popular support. Failing another coup […]
Thousands of pro-government activists rallied outside an army base where the government has used as working venue on Friday, chanting support for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government. About 5,000 pink-clad people, calling themselves “Civilians Protect the Country” gathered in front of the 11the Infantry Regiment, in the morning. They waved Thai national flags […]
Bangkok – Thai Airways International (THAI), the national carrier, on Friday cancelled all flights to and from Europe due to airspace closures as a result of volcanic activity in Iceland. THAI President Piyasvasti Amranand said that an ash cloud caused by a volcanic eruption in Iceland had forced Scandinavian and northern European countries to disrupt […]
Thai protester scales hotel wall to evade capture BANGKOK — Thailand’s political crisis took a surreal twist Friday when an anti-government protest leader scaled down a hotel facade with a rope to evade arrest and drove off with two police officers taken hostage by his supporters. Arisman Pongruangrong’s escapade was the latest embarrassment for the […]
A red-shirt supporter showed up at the 11th Infantry Regiment yesterday with some food for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, but this was by no means a gesture of goodwill. Attached with the noodles, cans of coffee and bottles of water was a message from the Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship, which read: “Let the prime minister […]
THE LATEST political crisis in Thailand is a particularly tragic instance of political blowback. Three times in the past four years, Thais opposed to the populist movement of Thaksin Shinawatra precipitated the downfall of democratically elected governments by creating chaos in the streets of Bangkok. Now the current government, backed by that same alliance of […]
