Cops issue warning to red shirts

Police are threatening tough legal action against hardcore elements of red-shirt groups if they attempt to instigate unrest on the fourth anniversary of the 2014 coup on Tuesday. Deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said yesterday he has instructed all police units in Bangkok to step up efforts to crack down on crime, particularly activities […]

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Arrest warrants issued for six hardcore red-shirt activists for the 2014 bomb attack

The Minburi Provincial Court has issued warrants for the arrest of six former red-shirt activists, including Wutthipong Kotchathammakhun, alias “Ko Tee”, for the bomb attack at the home of a leader of the yellow-shirt People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) in January 2014. Royal Thai Police deputy commissioner Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said on Friday (Feb […]

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Red-shirt TV channel suspended again

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) on Monday ordered a15-day suspension of the broadcasting licence of Peace TV, a satellite-based station run by red-shirt leaders. The suspension, one of several for the station, was linked to Peace TV’s broadcasts last October, when it it hosted a programme from in front of Bangkok Special Prison, […]

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Abhisit blames Yingluck government for politicizing the 2010 anti-red crackdown case

Democrat party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said Tuesday (Sept 19) that the case regarding the 2010 crackdown on red-shirt protesters should have been settled with justice delivered to all parties concerned had the government of Ms Yingluck Shinawatra properly done its job and did not politicize the case. Mr Abhisit said the Yingluck administration was not […]

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