Over 10,000 red-shirt people gathered at the Rajprasong Intersection Thursday to commemorate the crackdown on their peers a year ago. At 4:30 pm, the demonstrators occupied the Rajprasong Road from the Four Seasons Hotel to Pratunam Intersection and on the Rama 1 Road, they occupied the road from Chidlom Intersection to Henri Dunant Intersection. Read […]
An RPG grenade was found floating in a plastic cylinder on the Padung Krung Kasem Canal Wednesday morning, police said. A garbage collector spotted the cylinder on the canal in Plupplachai district and did not know there was a bomb inside. Read more: The Nation
SAMUT PRAKAN, May 14 — An Iranian national was detained at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport with 2.7 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice,’ worth Bt8 mln (about US$267,000), senior customs said on Saturday. Resa Gholami, 36, was arrested at the arrival terminal of the country’s main international airport, Ekkarat Rattaruj, director of Suvarnabhumi Airport […]
Police arrested a suspected wildlife trafficker early Friday who attempted to smuggle live endangered animals, among them leopards and panthers, out of the country in his suitcases, an wildlife protection group said. Noor Mahmoodr, 36, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport as he prepared to fly first class to […]
BANGKOK, 13 May 2011 (NNT) – Police have ordered the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) to take down its inappropriate campaign billboard and will seek the Election Commission (EC)’s consideration whether the group has breached the electoral law. Following a meeting of the police center for the administration of peace and order during the election, […]
A machine gun and some ammunition were found in a bag left in a drain in front of Siam Paragon shopping mall Monday. The bag was found by workers who were cleaning the drain. Read more: The Nation
A man apparently drunk slammed his bus at vehicles at a Bangkok traffic light Friday evenng, killing one woman and two other people, police said. The accident happened at 5:30 pm at the Marayatdee (Good Manner) Intersection. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 7 May 2011 (NNT) – The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has declared that its prolonged rally will be terminated after the World Heritage Committee (WHC) Meeting regardless of the result. Following the PAD’s meeting with the Kingdom of Thailand Defense Committee, PAD core leader Chamlong Srimuang revealed that the group had decided to […]
