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Top view of CentralPlaza Bangna, also known as Central City Bangna shopping centre

Bangkok

September 16, 2010August 19, 2017

Thailand’s fire-damaged CentralWorld complex to reopen September 28

BANGKOK, Sept 16 – Thailand’s CentralWorld shopping complex –thecountry’s largest– will reopen for shoppers September 28, according to Central Pattana president and chief executive officer, Kobchai Chirathivat. CentralWorld, Thailand’s largest shopping complex and the second largest in Southeast Asia, was set afire by allegedly disgruntled Red Shirt protesters after their protest leaders surrendered to police […]

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Bangkok

September 16, 2010November 3, 2012

Red Shirts pledge not to prolong Sunday rally

Red Shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will stage a brief rally for only two hours on Sunday and will not prolong their campaign, according to a senior police officer who negotiated with a leading Red activist ahead of Sunday’s activities. Pol Maj-Gen Vichai Sangprapai, commander of Metropolitan Police Division 1, who also […]

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Bangkok

September 14, 2010

Wife Admits Killing Swedish Husband, Released on Bail

The wife of the late Johan Winlöf, Ornanong Winlöf, has declared herself guilty with killing the Swedish businessman. Yesterday, she paid to bail herself out of prison, says Police Lieutenant General Kookiat Chanphum. According to ScandAsia’s information, the wife of now dead Swedish businessman Johan Winlöf has bailed herself out of prison. “We do not […]

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Bangkok

September 14, 2010

UAE embassy forced to find alternative hospitals for Emiratis in Bangkok

Emirati cancer patients and the elderly among those evicted from hospital in Bangkok Abu Dhabi: A renowned international hospital in Bangkok discharged against their will 10 Emirati patients who were in critical condition and still receiving treatment, Gulf News has learnt. According to a source at the UAE Embassy in Bangkok, the embassy had to […]

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Bangkok

September 13, 2010September 13, 2010

Bangkok: 400 police to keep security at Rajprasong on Sunday

The Metropolitan Police Bureau will deploy 400 anti-riot police to keep security at the Rajprasong Intersection when the red-shirt movement organises activities to mark the 4th coup anniversary, the bureau chief said Monday. Pol Lt Gen Santhan Chayanon, the metropolitan police commissioner, said the 400 police would prevent the red-shirt people from moving from the […]

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Bangkok

September 12, 2010

Bangkok launch for Vietnam human rights report cancelled

Bangkok – Thailand, objecting to the use of Bangkok as the site for the launch of a report denouncing Vietnam’s human rights record, has denied entry to two of the report’s main authors, sources said Sunday. The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights had planned a press conference […]

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Bangkok

September 12, 2010

South American gang nabbed for theft in Bangkok

A group of seven Latin Americans were arrested yesterday for allegedly breaking into a Bangkok residence and stealing. Police said a growing number of crimes were committed by foreign visitors. Central Bureau of Investigation chief Pol Lt-General Thangai Prasajaksatru said that burglars were targeting rich people’s houses in Bangkok. The suspects were five Colombian men […]

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Bangkok

September 10, 2010January 7, 2022

Bangkok readies for imminent flooding

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has prepared 4 million sandbags to build flood barriers along the Chao Phya River, to stop the massive inflows of seawater expected between September 9 and 15 from flooding the capital. Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra and city executives yesterday inspected the 77kilometre floodbarrier running through Phra Nakhon, Dusit, Bang […]

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