BANGKOK, Aug 9 – Thailand’s Criminal Court on Thursday set Aug 22 as the date to read its verdict on revoking bail for 19 Red Shirt leaders, while another five ruling Pheu Thai Party MP cases were also deferred for consideration in November. The Criminal Court consideration came because the Constitution Court earlier petitioned it […]
The Criminal Court Tuesday found red-shirt leader Jatuporn Promphan guilty of libel and handed down a six-month jail term suspended for two years due to first offence. In its decision, the court reprimanded Jatuporn for making malicious remarks against Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva in order to incite hatre. Read more: The Nation
Red-shirt leaders have cancelled plans to rally their supporters at the Constitution Court Friday while waiting for a court ruling on the constitutionality of charter amendments. Korkaew Pikulthong, Natthawut Saikua and Jatuporn Promphan, three red-shirt leaders, announced Tuesday that the red-shirt people would not rally at the court but would wait for the ruling at […]
BANGKOK, 10 July 2012 (NNT) – The Department of Special Investigation has concluded that the so-called “Men in Black” were not involved in the case of the CentralWorld Bangkok shopping-complex fire in May 2010. DSI chief Tharit Pengdit said that two charges stemmed from incidents at CentralWorld during the political crisis in March-May 2010 are […]
An Army spokesman Wednesday denied that Deputy Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Dapong Ratanasuwan had plotted a coup against the Pheu Thai government. Deputy Army spokesman Col Winthai Suwari dismissed a report by a new paper that quoted Udon Thani red-shirt leader Kwanchai Praiphana as alleging that Dapong had discussed a coup plot with a group of […]
BANGKOK, June 26 – Thirteen red shirt detainees, charged with torching the Mukdahan provincial hall and intruding into government offices, were released Tuesday from Lak Si temporary prison in Bangkok. The release came after the Mukdahan court last Friday granted bail to the detainees, convicted for their roles in the political unrest in 2010 for […]
BANGKOK, June 24 – The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) – or the red shirts – have gathered at Democracy Monument to mark the 80th anniversary of the transition of the Thai political system from absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. Red shirt key leaders–former Pheu Thai list MP Jatuporn Prompan, Deputy Agriculture […]
Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has denied his government had ordered troops to open fire on the crowds in connection with the bloodshed at Rajdamnoen Avenue on April 10, 2010. Some 25 civilians and soldiers were killed and hundreds sustained injuries in the clash between anti-riot forces and red-shirt protesters. Read more: The Nation
