BANGKOK, 18 May 2012 (NNT) – Bangkok police have been stepping up security measures to make sure that this weekend’s gathering of the Red shirt supporters in the center of the city go smoothly. Metropolitan Police Bureau spokesperson Police Colonel Preeda Sataworn said that the city police have been instructed to prepare for the rally […]
Thousands of protesters are to mark the second anniversary Saturday of a crackdown on anti-government demonstrationsin central Bangkok, which left up to 102 people dead. “You will see about 100,000 people coming to Ratchaprasong Road in memory of those who died,” Thida Tavornseth – chairwoman of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also […]
Thai Police have arrested alleged drug dealers and smugglers in several provinces and seized narcotics worth hundreds of millions of baht. A major drug-dealing gang was broken up in Chumphon’s Tha Sae district, with 286,000 yaba tablets worth more than Bt100 million seized. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 12 May 2012 (NNT) – Police and business operators in Bangkok’s Ratchaprasong area discussed security and traffic management plans ahead of the commemoration gathering by Red Shirt members. Shop owners in Ratchaprasong area asked police to persuade Red Shirt members to perform their activities in peace and keep the roads passable for the sake […]
BANGKOK, May 11 – Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) led a joint operation of government agencies cracking down on the country’s biggest pirate CD-DVD production house and confiscating a haul of pirated media estimated to be valued at many millions of baht as well as major caches of production equipment. DSI Director General Tharit […]
People who watch movies or talk on their mobile phones while driving in Thailand may face negligence charges, police said yesterday. Metropolitan Police deputy chief Pol Maj-General Worasak Noppasitthiporn said: “The police plan to launch a campaign against watching TV and talking on mobile phones while driving in order to cut down on road accidents.” […]
YALA, 26 April 2012 (NNT) – Thailand’s southern police has tightened security measures in preparation for the 8th anniversary of a crackdown at the Krue Se Mosque in Pattani province, amidst reports of possible insurgent attacks on the day. Deputy National Police Chief Police General Suwat Chan-itthikul today visited the police’s operation center for southern […]
The Anti-Human Trafficking Division police cracked down on a company which allegedly scammed more than four million baht from 84 victims to lure them to work on an airport construction project in Oman. After 30 victims filed a complaint with the Labor Ministry about a foreign employment scam, Anti-Human Trafficking Division police arrested Witoon Sanguantham […]
