BANGKOK, 19 August 2011 (NNT) – Thai police is investigating 169 bodies found in burial grounds of three temples in the eastern province of Rayong after it has been rumoured that the corpses belong to those killed in military crackdown against the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). Legal Affairs and Litigation Office Commander […]
Thai Police have found 169 bodies buried at two temples in Rayong province Pol.Lt.Gen. Santan has gone to Rayong after the local people complained to the police that there were so many mysterious bodies buried in the area. Local people believed those bodies might be Red Shirts who disappeared last year. The police, Red Shirt […]
UDON THANI, Aug 16 – The Udon Thani Provincial Court on Tuesday granted bail for 22 Red Shirt suspects charged in relation to last year’s political demonstrations and violence. The Red Shirt leading member Kwanchai Praipana travelled to the court on Tuesday afternoon to hear the ruling after nine Pheu Thai members of parliament on […]
Thailand’s new prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has unveiled a new cabinet after receiving the approval of the country’s king. Details of the 35-member Cabinet were released late Tuesday, a day after Ms. Yingluck took office with a call for peace and national reconciliation. The new Cabinet includes four “outsiders”, or non-lawmakers, but notably excludes leaders […]
BANGKOK, 4 August 2011 (NNT) – Core leader of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) Yosawarit Chuklom has confessed to committing lèse majesté and has been scheduled for a court hearing on 29 August. On Wednesday, the Ratchada Criminal Court summoned witnesses on the plaintiff’s side for questioning in the lèse majesté case […]
BANGKOK, Aug 2 – Key Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan, detained on terrorism charges, has been released on bail after the the elections agency officially endorsed his status as a member of parliament. Fellow red leader Nisit Sinthuprai, detained on the same charges, was granted a temporary release after his wife Em-orn Sinthuprai was endorsed […]
Outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva warned Election Commission members to speak more carefully in order to avoid putting the military in an awkward position. Although Mr Abhisit did not specify any people or incidents, he was almost certainly referring to Sodsri Satayathum, an EC member who on Saturday warned red shirts pressuring the EC to […]
BANGKOK, July 28 – Key leaders of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the Red Shirts, on Thursday threatened to file suit against the Election Commission (EC) for dereliction of duty if the poll agency fails to endorse top Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan as a member of parliament by the end of […]
