Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday said there has been a group of “terrorists” who exploited the rally of innocent and unarmed protesters, leading to the tragic situation on April 10. In a TV-pool broadcast, Abhisit said that the government has the clearer picture of what happened during the weekend when the red shirts protesters […]
BANGKOK, April 12 (TNA) – Thailand’s anti-government ‘Red Shirt’ protesters on Monday paraded empty coffins with photos of 14 protesters killed during Saturday’s clashes between government troops and protesters which left 21 persons dead, including five soldiers and more than 800 injured. The motorised red-clad procession of cars, pickups, taxis and motorcycles pushed off from […]
Arisaman Pongruangrong led some 300 motorcyclists to take CAT Telecom CEO Jirayuth Rungsrithong from the CAT Telecom head office at noon Monday. Arisaman led the protesters to the Cat Telecom head office on Chaeng Wattana Road in Bangkok’s Lak Si district at 12:30 pm. The arrival of the red-shirt motorcyclists terrified CAT Telecom officials. Security […]
“Red Shirt” protesters in Bangkok refused to back down Sunday after at least 20 people died in clashes Saturday when security forces tried to quell the Thailand protests. The government’s failure to disperse the protesters from their encampments may have hardened the red shirts’ position and deepened the crisis that is now the deadliest political […]
THAI soldiers did not fire live bullets at anti-government protesters in violent clashes in the capital that left 19 people dead and over 800 injured, a government spokesman said on Sunday. ‘There were no live bullets fired at protesters,’ Panitan Wattanayagorn said in press conference shown on national television. Fourteen civilians, including a Japanese TV […]
Red-shirt demonstrators on Sunday vowed to continue their protests on Sunday, after clashes between soldiers and protesters resulted in 21 dead and more than 800 injured. Red-shirt leader Natthawut Saikua said the red-shirt protesters will continue to occupy the Ratchaprasong intersection and Phan Fa Bridge until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolves the House of Representatives […]
BANGKOK — Savage clashes between protesters and Thai soldiers killed at least 18 people and injured hundreds before both sides retreated, no closer to ending a monthlong occupation of parts of the capital by demonstrators demanding new elections. Hopes were expressed for negotiations Sunday. Bullet casings, rocks and pools of blood littered the streets where […]
According to latest report from Narenthorn Medical Centre, there are 678 injuries and 15 deaths: 4 soldiers and 11 civilians. All the road intersections leading to the UDD protest site at Phan Fa bridge are being manned by securities personnel as reported by a TV late news. Bangkok Post
