The Thai government’s crackdown on “red shirt” protesters last spring was planned nearly four years in advance and modelled on the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, a report contends, saying Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva approved military force against unarmed civilians. The report also alleged two Bangkok hospitals colluded with the Thai government to cremate bodies of […]
Pattaya police continue the crackdown on foreign-related bars in an effort to change Pattaya’s international image and to squelch the use and sale of drugs in Pattaya bars. In the latest raid, which is one of a series of expected police actions, the bars on notorious Soi 6 where many foreigners go to relax and […]
Thai police recently made a mass seizure of counterfeit software amid ongoing piracy raids in Thailand. Microsoft reminds Thai consumers and businesses to always purchase from approved resellers following discovery of new ‘high-end’ counterfeit software from China. Officers from the Economic and Cyber Crime Division of the Royal Thai Police have carried out a series […]
The Bangkok police chief is confident that crime can be cut by 20 per cent in the capital city, in line with the government’s target, with the ongoing crackdown on illegal drugs leading the way. A large amount of the various types of illegal drugs seized during recent raids was displayed at a press conference […]
BANGKOK, 17 January 2011 (NNT) – As the Chinese New Year is approaching, Chinese tourists are flocking into Thailand. Over 130 flights have been chartered to fly Chinese holidaymakers to Thailand during the Chinese New Year. be flown to Thailand as travel agencies are changing their strategies by aiming at high-end tourists and tourists who […]
BANGKOK—Merchandising is alive and well when it comes to anti-government protests in Thailand. Street vendors of red shirted supporters, or the UDD (United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship), were among the first to set up their stalls around Bangkok’s Democracy Monument where a large-scale protest started on Sunday morning. The vendors were the earliest protesters […]
Thai police have launched major drug crackdown operations in several provinces throughout the country. Many suspects have been arrested, and a large quantity of narcotics has been seized. In Tak Province, Chief District Officer of Mae Sot, Kitisak Tomornsak, signaled law enforcement officials to launch a major drug crackdown operation in the province, based on […]
EFFORTS are being made to speed the processing of a young Russian tourist who found himself caught up in Phuket’s islandwide crackdown on weapons and drugs. Phuket’s Police Commander, Major General Pekad Tantipong, asked the Superintendent of Kamala Police Station, Colonel Nattaphakin Kawnchaiperk, to expedite the case, and to let the major general know the […]
