BANGKOK, June 21 (TNA) – Thai customs officials on Monday arrested two Pakistani nationals for smuggling 1.4 kilogrammes of heroin into the kingdom. Ahmed Sted Asad, 46 and Iqeal Muhammad Abid, 44 were detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport, while waiting for a flight transfer to Thailand’s Andaman island resort of Phuket. Thai authorities had received information […]
BANGKOK, THAILAND – Thai police said Tuesday they had arrested 259 people in Bangkok and seized cash of 83,230 baht (S$3,583) as part of a crackdown on illegal gambling during the World Cup. Most gambling is outlawed in the kingdom but it remains popular, despite the threat of a fine of 1,000 baht or jail […]
Thailand’s government is facing a no-confidence vote in parliament over a bloody suppression of lengthy political protests in the capital, Bangkok. The 19 May crackdown, after days of skirmishes, left more than 80 people dead and 1,800 injured. The debate has focused on the conduct of government troops during the action. But Prime Minister Abhisit […]
AN IRISHMAN is under arrest in a Bangkok prison while his role in the recent Red Shirt disturbances in the Thai capital, in which at least 85 people died, is being investigated. Conor David Purcell made regular appearances addressing major Red Shirt rallies in Bangkok’s occupation zone during the weeks of rioting in which some […]
BANGKOK – THOUSANDS gathered across the Thai capital on Wednesday to pray for peace, a week after devastating arson and looting broke out following a deadly military crackdown on anti-government ‘Red Shirts’. Ceremonies were led by 1,000 Buddhist monks at spots around the upscale shopping district that was occupied for several weeks by the protesters, […]
A British man arrested in Thailand after being filmed allegedly inciting people to burn down a Bangkok shopping centre has protested his innocence. Jeff Savage, 48, said he was “wound up after being under sniper fire” during anti-government protests and his comments were meant to be sarcastic. He also denies being involved in the destruction […]
BANGKOK — Armed with brooms, rubber gloves and a torrent of detergent, middle-class Thais took to the streets of central Bangkok on Sunday to remove the detritus of protests, reclaiming the city from their now-banished and despised “red shirt” country cousins. The cleanup crew scoured anti-government graffiti off walls and swept streets clean of reminders […]
The chief public works officer of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said Thursday CentralWorld and two other shopping malls as well as Siam Theatre would have to be demolished. He said Central World, Center One and Big C Rajdamri branch as well as Siam Theatre had been burn for so many hours that they structures were […]
