BANGKOK, Feb 28 – The ‘Yellow Shirt’ People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on Monday vacated some parts of Ratchadamnoen Road which they have occupied for over a month after a police operation to regain traffic lanes for the public. The police asked for cooperation from the protesters to reopen the protest site and the PAD […]
BANGKOK, Feb 27 — Seven key leaders of the anti-government movement of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) released last week on Sunday demanded the release on bail of their colleagues who now remain in jail in the Thai capital and upcountry following a security operation that ended their mass protests about 10 […]
A gang of British residents has been found guilty of helping eight illegal immigrants travel to the United Kingdom on flights from Bangkok and received prison sentences totalling 29 years, at a court in London, earlier this month. The eight week trial was the culmination of a two year investigation by UK law enforcement agencies […]
Bangkok – Thai customs authorities seized 118 elephant tusks, 50 pieces of ivory and three rhino horns in cargo containers flown in from Nigeria, officials said Friday. Customs officials discovered the huge illegal shipment, weighing more than 1,050 kilograms, at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Wednesday aboard a flight that originated in Lagos, Nigeria. Monsters […]
Pedestrians in the capital will be able to enjoy greater convenience and safety now that Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has promised to spend Bt15 billion on building the Super Skywalk System, a 50-kilometre clutter-free elevated walking space. The construction is scheduled for completion in four years. “It will help Bangkok residents move around more easily […]
A red-shirt leader says he will ask his fellow men who have fled arrest warrants for their roles in last year’s political unrest to turn themselves in after eight of the group’s key elements were released on bail. The freed defendants will also deliver their speeches at the group’s rally next month. Red-shirt leader Jatuporn […]
The owner of “Lavita Coffee” was shot dead while exercising in a public park on Bangkok’s Rama III road Tuesday morning. Following a homicide report at 6am, police rushed to Chalerm Phrakiat Park to find the body of Somchai Leuangtrakul, 57. He had a gunshot wound in the back of head, one in the hip […]
BANGKOK, Feb 22 – Thailand’s Criminal Court on Tuesday granted the temporary release of seven detained Red Shirt leaders after their bail requests were earlier rejected several times since being detained last May on terrorism charges, but banned them from leaving the country or inciting their supporters to stir unrest. The protest leaders have been […]
