BANGKOK, Oct 11 – Thai customs officials on Sunday seized 218 radiated tortoises smuggled into Thailand by a Malagasy man to sell to a trader at Bangkok’s biggest weekend market, at Chatuchak Park. Four radiated tortoises were dead while 214 others are still alive. Worth an estimated Bt1.2 million altogether (about US$40,000), the Madagascar tortoises […]
BANGKOK, Oct 11 – Gen Udomdej Sitabutr, commander of Thailand’s First Army Region, said Monday he is concerned about the next rally planned by the ‘Red Shirt’ United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Thursday, saying the army has been closely monitoring situation after intelligence reports indicate that an armed group plans to create […]
BANGKOK, 11 October 2010 (NNT) – The Immigration Bureau has joined forces with the commando unit of the Crime Suppression Division arresting Sri Lankan illegal immigrants. Intelligence information indicated that a number of Elam rebel group members were among the Sri Lankan illegal immigrants living in Thailand. Upon a tip-off, the commando units and the […]
The red shirts campaigned for their supporters to write postcards to comrades held in prisons across the country. Postcards and the names and addresses of the detainees were distributed at the rally. Pongthep Thepkanchana, a banned Thai Rak Thai Party executive, wrote some postcards and said national reconciliation would not be realised if the true […]
Red Shirts gather at Democracy Monument to commemorate losses in political turmoil BANGKOK, Oct 10 – Supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Sunday began their rally by assembling at Saladaeng intersection and later moved to the Democracy Monument to light 20,000 red candles as a memorial gesture for those killed […]
Intelligence reports confirmed that there is no sign of possible violence during the planned march in Bangkok by the red-shirt people group on Sunday, Special Branch commander Pol Lt Gen Trithos Ronritthiwichai said on Saturday. The red-shirt supporters of the United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will tomorrow hold a procession through areas in […]
BANGKOK, Oct 8 – An Iranian man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport for smuggling three kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine also known as ‘ice,’ worth nearly Bt10.5 million (US$350,000) into the kingdom, a senior Thai customs officer said on Friday. Saeid Golestani, 25 year-old Iranian national, was apprehended at the arrival terminal of Thailand’s main international […]
A man and a woman in a Muslim headscarf seen in security-camera footage at a Nonthaburi apartment where a powerful explosion occurred on Tuesday have been identified by police. Police have linked them to suspicious activities and acquired arrest warrants for them. The man is identified as Kasi Ditthanarat, 48, who has changed his name […]
