Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has warned supporters of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra not to be misled by their leaders to wear red and rally on Sunday November1 to give moral support to her. The above warning was issued during the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, said government spokesman Maj-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday raised doubt over the rush of some redshirt leaders coming out to defend their group had no connection with the two bombings in Bangkok that killed 20 people and injured over 120 others on August 17. Reaction from the prime minister came as the police investigators were ordered to […]
A CONCLUSION reached by police concerning the prime suspect in the deadly Erawan Shrine blast and the implication that domestic political conflicts may have been behind the attack were vehemently questioned yesterday, while the country’s police chief seemed to back off from the latter assertion. Two core red-shirt leaders, Nuttawut Saikuar and Worachai Hema lashed […]
The Appeal Court on Monday sentenced five red-shirt members to 2-4 years in prison for trying to bomb Bhumjaithai Party headquarters in 2010. Sentences were handed down to vendor Dejpol Phutthajong, 60, motorcycle-taxi driver Kampol Khamkhong, 46, vendor Kobchai Boonplod, 47, interior decorator Warisriya Boonsom, 47, and folk-rocket maker Suriya Phumwong, 43. Read more: Bangkok […]
The Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced five leading members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) to prison, without suspension, over a protest in front of the Si Sao Thewes residence of Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda on July 22, 2007. Four men — Veerakan Musikhapong, Nattawut Saikuar, Wiphuthalaeng Pattanaphumthai and Weng Tojirakarn […]
BANGKOK, 5 September 2915 (NNT) – The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has denied the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD)’s request to hold a media conference to exchange opinions on the new constitution, NCPO Spokesman says. The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)’s Spokesman Col Winthai Suwaree has provided an […]
Three red-shirt co-leaders were on Wednesday handed down a suspended jailterm after they were found guilty by the Criminal Court for defaming former Democrat list MP Watchara Petthong. The court also fined the trio namely Veerakarn Musikapong, former chairman of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), Jatuporn Prompan, UDD chairman and Natthawut Saikua, […]
BANGKOK — A top official has refuted a viral social media post which claimed she said “only rubber bullets were used” by security forces during the 2010 military crackdown that left more than 90 people dead. Suwana Suwanchutha, director of the Division of Special Investigation, said she never made a remark that has been widely […]
