Thai Police have admitted they may have fired some of the four bullets that hit a doctor taken hostage on Thursday by a double murderer allegedly high on drugs. Pol Maj Gen Prawud Tawornsiri, the spokesman for National Police Bureau, said deputy chief of metropolitan police Pol Maj Gen Amnuay Nimmanno would head a committee […]
Thai protester scales hotel wall to evade capture BANGKOK — Thailand’s political crisis took a surreal twist Friday when an anti-government protest leader scaled down a hotel facade with a rope to evade arrest and drove off with two police officers taken hostage by his supporters. Arisman Pongruangrong’s escapade was the latest embarrassment for the […]
Family said to fear being held hostage Members of Thaksin Shinawatra’s immediate family have left or are leaving the country ahead of this weekend’s rally by supporters of the fugitive former prime minister. Thaksin’s former wife Potjaman na Pombejra and their son Panthongtae Shinawatra left for Hong Kong on Monday while their two daughters Ms […]
