PHUKET: Eight Koreans have been arrested in Phuket for running an online gambling operation that police estimate would have had an annual turnover of more than B100 million. Wichit Police arrested the eight men in raids on four different condo units at an apartment block near Dowroong Wittaya School yesterday (June 3). Read more: thephuketnews.com […]
The Supreme Court has handed down jail terms totalling three years and four months on a yellow-shirt protester who ran a pickup truck over policemen during a crackdown in 2008. But since he has been detained two years and five months, he has served more than two thirds of the time and is now eligible […]
BANGKOK — Several dozen people attended a Buddhist ceremony at Wat Pathumwanaram in Bangkok this morning to honor the six civilians who died there during a military crackdown on Redshirt protesters five years ago. The group was led by Payao Akhard, whose daughter was working as a volunteer nurse inside the temple when she was […]
BANGKOK — The military operation that dispersed Redshirt protesters in 2010 and left more than 90 people dead was not a “crackdown,” says a former government official and key witness in an ongoing legal case over the incident. Thawil Pliensri, who served as director of the National Security Council under Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, was […]
A crackdown on illegal ivory trade following a $6,000,000 baht seizure of illegal ivory in Bangkok is being enforced. Today 21 April 2015 is the deadline to declare any all ivory items to authorities. After today any undeclared ivory may result in a 3,000,000 baht fine, and any ivory known to be African ivory could […]
BANGKOK — Former deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has submitted further evidence to Thailand’s national anti-graft agency about the shadowy militants who fought with security officers during the military crackdown on Redshirt protesters in 2010. The evidence was submitted as part of Suthep’s defense against charges filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which is […]
BANGKOK — The Thai junta has reportedly ordered relatives of those who died in the military crackdown on Redshirt protests in 2010 to cancel a Buddhist ceremony dedicated to the victims. The merit-making ceremony was scheduled to take place at a temple in Pathum Thani province on Friday, the fifth anniversary of clashes between soldiers […]
BANGKOK — A top Redshirt leader says he will comply with the junta’s orders to scale back an event planned for Friday to commemorate the Redshirt protesters who were killed in the 2010 military crackdown. Jatuporn Prompan, chairman of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), said the UDD will move the merit-making ceremony […]
