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A motorcyclist was killed and three others on the side car were injured when a military armoured car skidded and crashed into the motorcycle with sidecar on Highway 42 in Pattani province yesterday (Jan 14). According to police, the accident happened on Highway 42 from Pattani to Narathiwat in front of
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The family of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School (Afaps) cadet who died last month says a haemorrhage in his spleen and liver has shown up in the autopsy's result, which could suggest the cadet was subjected to physical assault prior to his death. Pakapong "Moei" Tanyakan, an 18-year-old first-year cadet,
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BANGKOK — The family of Pakapong Tanyakan was told last month that the 19-year-old military academy cadet had died abruptly. They were told his death was caused by “sudden heart failure,” but a detailed autopsy report never came. Suspicious of the delay, his family secreted his body away on the day
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Army Commander-in-Chief General Chalermchai Sitthisart on Monday offered an apology to the society and to the family of a conscript who died while being detained at the prison of an army camp in Surat Thani. He said that the army was ready to take responsibility for the fatal incident and assured
Read More An Army conscript has been beaten to death at Vibhavadi Rangsit Military Base in Surat Thani after violating military rules, it was reported in the social media on Saturday. Private Yuthinan Boonniam was hospitalised with a swollen face and bruises before his death early on Saturday. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
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The Turkish military claims it has taken over the government and seized all power in the country. In a statement read on television, Turkish General Staff announced that "Turkish Armed Forces took full control of power." Earlier in the day, military vehicles, soldiers, and security forces were deployed on the streets
Read More In another attempt to quell student violence, the military junta is now considering whether it is possible to blacklist unruly students and draft them into military service after they graduate, bypassing the present conscription process. The idea of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) came as student violent brawls
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Search resumed Sunday morning for three missing crews of an Air Force helicopter which went missing from the radar Saturday afternoon while it was flying over mountains in Chanthaburi province to deliver supplies to a mountain-top radar station. About 300 men from the army, marines, forestry officials were involved in the
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