Thailand’s government is facing a no-confidence vote in parliament over a bloody suppression of lengthy political protests in the capital, Bangkok. The 19 May crackdown, after days of skirmishes, left more than 80 people dead and 1,800 injured. The debate has focused on the conduct of government troops during the action. But Prime Minister Abhisit […]
Foreign correspondents in Bangkok expressed concern Saturday about intimidation of journalists and sadness over journalists killed during clashes between anti-government protestors and soldiers. The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) said it was “deeply saddened by the death of Italian freelance photographer Fabio Polenghi on 19 May from gunshot wounds, and extends its condolences to […]
Arsonists, rioters and shooters wreaked havoc in many areas of Bangkok on Wednesday after red shirt leaders announced an end of their 45-day protests at the Rajprasong shopping area. The government’s Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) imposed curfew between 8 am and 6 am in Bangkok and other provinces where the […]
Thailand’s anti-government ‘Red Shirts’ have ended their street protest campaign as leaders surrendered to police after a military offensive against their rally base. Grenades exploded nearby as the leaders announced their decision this afternoon. At least four Red Shirt leaders turned themselves in, after an overwhelming operation by troops who punched through the barricades of […]
A Thai female reporter for France 24 TV was nearly lynched while she was interviewing a woman inside the Pathumwanaram Temple at noon Tuesday. Nice Pojanametbalsatit had to run away from the angry protesters and rescued by guards before she was taken to the are area behind the Rajprasong rally stage. She was interviewing a […]
Key red-shirt leader and rogue army officer Maj-Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol, who was shot in the head immediately after giving an interview to foreign reporters on Thursday night, died on Monday morning. Dr Chaiwan Charoenchokthawee, director of Vajira Hospital, said Maj-Gen Khattiya, better known as Seh Daeng, was pronounced dead at 9.20am. Seh Daeng sufferred an […]
Thai troops faced stubborn resistance from anti-government protesters in Bangkok and several northern provinces Monday as the death toll from four days of clashes in the capital rose to 35. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Erawan Emergency Centre said another 244 people had been wounded in the clashes since Thursday night. The shooting Thursday night of […]
BANGKOK — The Thai military declared a neighborhood of Bangkok a “live-fire zone” on Saturday and said it was calling in reinforcements as fighting spread to several areas in the city and the death toll in a three-day offensive against anti-government protesters rose to 17. Gunfire and a series of explosions shook a neighborhood in […]
