Cambodia link to Abhisit assassination plot dismissed

Cambodian officials have said that Prime Minister Hun Sen would “absolutely not” discuss allegations that anti-government activists from Thailand received weapons training in Cambodia during a meeting later this month with Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva. On Monday, an official from Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation reportedly alleged that a group of 11 antigovernment Red Shirt […]

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Thai security official alleges Red Shirts trained in Cambodia to carry out assassinations

BANGKOK – A senior Thai security official alleged Monday that members of the anti-government Red Shirt movement were trained in Cambodia to assassinate top Thai leaders, including the prime minister. Eleven men who were arrested last week in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai were among 39 given ideological and combat training in a […]

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Thai Immigration Bureau arrests 155 Sri Lankan illegal immigrants

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 […]

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Thai Police: Red Shirts rally won’t turn to unrest

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 […]

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Drug smuggling Iranian arrested at Suvarnabhumi carrying 3 kilos of ‘ice’

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 […]

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Police name pair sought after Bangkok blast

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 […]

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