A proposed opposition Red Shirt march to occupy Silom Road or other Bangkok thoroughfares will be blocked CRES spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said. He said the panel has instructed security units to strengthen their forces to block United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) demonstrators from moving to other areas. The Bangkok Post said that the […]
Thailand’s Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva is under pressure to step down and leave the country following last weekend’s political violence which killed at least twenty-three people and wounded more than nine-hundred. This week the country’s electoral commission called for the dissolution of his ruling Democrat Party. Victims of last week’s violence accuse his troops of […]
Reporters did not have an inkling of what was to transpire when the Election Commission on Monday suddenly advanced its agenda and voted 4:1 to recommend the dissolution of the Democrat Party for concealing a 258 million baht donation from TPI Polene and for the misuse of 29 million baht from the Political Party Support […]
BANGKOK, April 17 (TNA) – A lawyer representing all 24 anti-government protest leaders with outstanding arrest warrants told a senior police officer here Saturday that his clients would surrender to police on May 15 as they need time to collect money to post as bail. Lawyer Karom Poltaklang submitted a letter to Pol Maj-Gen Amnuay […]
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has announced he is putting the country’s army chief in charge of security operations. In a televised address, he said Gen Anupong Paojinda would be in charge of restoring order, replacing Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban. The announcement came as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters remained camped out in […]
THAKSINISM is back in Thailand. Almost four years after Thaksin Shinawatra’s ousting, while he shuttles by private jet from one haven to the next, under threat of jail at home, with 76 billion Thai baht ($2.5bn) of assets seized or frozen, his disciples are poised to reclaim government with huge popular support. Failing another coup […]
Thousands of pro-government activists rallied outside an army base where the government has used as working venue on Friday, chanting support for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government. About 5,000 pink-clad people, calling themselves “Civilians Protect the Country” gathered in front of the 11the Infantry Regiment, in the morning. They waved Thai national flags […]
Thai protester scales hotel wall to evade capture BANGKOK — Thailand’s political crisis took a surreal twist Friday when an anti-government protest leader scaled down a hotel facade with a rope to evade arrest and drove off with two police officers taken hostage by his supporters. Arisman Pongruangrong’s escapade was the latest embarrassment for the […]
