His Majesty the King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, visited HM Queen Sirikit at Chulalongkorn Hospital yesterday evening. On the advice of a medical team, Her Majesty was admitted to the hospital late on Thursday for a comprehensive checkup. His Majesty, meanwhile, has been receiving treatment at Siriraj Hospital for a year. To visit the Queen, His Majesty […]
Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director of independent online newspaper prachatai.com was released on bail yesterday after her relatives posted Bt200,000 bail with Khon Kaen police. Police said the 43 year-old webmaster was arrested at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Friday after her arrival from Finland, following an arrest warrant from Khon Kaen Provincial Court. She was accused of […]
Thailand’s former prime minister will not press his demand to return to office, he indicated on Sunday as mass protests swept the country. On the fourth anniversary of the coup that ousted his democratically elected government, Thaksin Shinawatra pledged not to meddle in the country. Its politics have been paralysed by the division between pro-Thaksin […]
The Interior Ministry is mobilising a pro-monarchy rally to counter the mass gatherings called by the red shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship today. The UDD will hold mass rallies nationwide to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sept 19, 2006 coup today. At least 50,000 members of the Monarchy Defence Network from seven […]
A man who is wanted under an arrest warrant issued by the Criminal Court for posting comments deemed offending the monarchy has been arrested, Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Maj-Gen Prawut Thavornsiri said on Saturday. Pol Maj-Gen Prawut said the man, identified as Wiset Pichitlamkhen, was arrested by immigration police at Suvarnabhumi airport while he […]
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra posted Twitter messages voicing his support for national reconciliation yesterday for the first time since his last message on July 26, which was his birthday. The five-point proposal that he tweeted condemned the instigation of violence as well as any criticism of the monarchy because the institution is above politics. […]
BANGKOK, Sept 2 – Thailand’s Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced media mogul and Yellow Shirt leader Sondhi Limthongkul and his television co-host to six-month imprisonment suspended for two years in a defamation case involving fugitive ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The court also ordered Mr Sondhi and Sarocha Pornudomsak to pay fines of Bt20,000 (US$640) […]
BANGKOK—Criticism over Thailand’s efforts to curb political debate online is mounting, as the government restricts thousands of websites following deadly protest clashes earlier this year. Thai authorities say they have blocked at least 40,000 Web pages this year, according to the government’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, which monitors the Internet. Free-speech activists say […]
