Ex-PAD member’s plan to unite yellows, reds against govt can be laughed away The “unthinkable” had become “implausible” lately and on Friday it was upgraded to just “unlikely”. Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a key member of a splinter group of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), still has some way to go before his ambition to get […]
While the number of protesters was far from their peak of the past few years, the yellow shirts provided all the other ingredients for a deja vu when they returned to their familiar spot near Government House yesterday. In fact, the Abhisit government must have felt something eerily familiar as it suggested it was not […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday that there would be an early general election unless the ongoing street protests turn violent. Abhisit said that if constitutional amendments cleared the final reading on February 11 and new electoral rules were promulgated by late February or early March, one of his three conditions for early elections will […]
Arrest of five men for allegedly possessing war weapons, bombs shrouded in secrecy. Home-made bombs were allegedly found late yesterday afternoon near Government House, as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was bracing himself for what was promised to be a relentless campaign against his regime by former allies. Whether this was a bad omen, an orchestrated […]
BANGKOK, 22 January 2011 (NNT) – The First Army Area Commander has warned security officers to be vigilant for possible clashes between protesters of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship and their opposing group on Sunday. First Army Area Commander Lt.Gen.Udomdet Sitabutr said the police were fully ready to provide security for the protest […]
This message alerts U.S. citizens traveling to or residing in Thailand that the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (aka UDD, or the “red-shirts”) plans to hold a demonstration in Bangkok on Sunday, January 23. Scheduled from approximately 1:00 pm to midnight, the demonstration is to begin at the Rajaprasong area (around Central World) and […]
Chaiwat Sinsuwong and Somboon Thongburan, two former yellow-shirt leaders facing terrorism charges over the seizure of two Bangkok airports in 2008, were arrested yesterday during a protest against the jailing of seven Thais in Cambodia. Crime Suppression police nabbed the two after Chaiwat had earlier dared the police to arrest him. It was unclear why […]
Bangkok – Thai police on Tuesday arrested a leader of the protest movement that seized Bangkok’s two airports in 2008, costing the country billions of dollars in lost tourism and trade revenue. Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a former leader of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), was arrested while eating lunch at a Bangkok supermarket on charges […]
