A deputy police chief accepts there are presence of new groups of mafias at the Chatuchak Market, but they have not conducted any illegal activities so far. Deputy national police chief Police General Panupong Singhara today held a meeting with senior officers from the Metropolitan Police Bureau to draft security measures for Chatuchak Market after […]
The atmosphere in Thailand’s southern metropolis of Hat Yai is lively as 2011 draws to a close, with Thai, Malaysian and Singaporean travellers joining up for the “Night Paradise Hat Yai” countdown event, while moe than Bt100 million is expected to circulate during the festive period. Starting on Friday at the town centre, the event […]
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has removed all of the 1,325 dummy closed-circuit security cameras which had been installed throughout the capital city, Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said on Thursday. MR Sukhumbhand said this while inspecting the removal of the last dummy cameras at Victory Monument today with his deputy Thirachon Manomaipiboon. Read more: Bangkok […]
The Royal Thai Police Office will ask for help from the military to ensure law and order in Bangkok during the New Year festival, police spokesman Pol Maj-Gen Piya Uthayo said on Monday. Border Patrol Police units would also be asked to help the metropolitan police ensure the safety of New Year celebrations in the […]
CHIANG MAI, Dec 17 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she will order the National Police Bureau to deploy police in various areas of the Thai capital in order to prevent untoward incidents during the coming New Year celebration. Bangkok will be under close watch, while police will be asked to regularly inform the public […]
BANGKOK, Dec 14 – National police chief Pol Gen Prewpan Dhamapong on Wednesday ordered a nationwide security upgrade for New Year celebration in Thailand, particularly at venues holding events, to prevent untoward incidents. Gen Prewpan said Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung instructed the police to do their best to protect and provide safety to the […]
30 November 2011 – The rising manufacture, trafficking and use of methamphetamines in East Asia and Southeast Asia pose a growing threat to public health and security in the region, as transnational organized criminal groups become increasingly involved, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said today. In a report UNODC notes that […]
Thai authorities are still combing through various pockets in the city of Yala on Thursday following a spate of bombing incident that rocked this southernmost provinces just two days earlier. According to memos circulating by security and intelligence agencies, the seventh anniversary of the Tak Bai massacre was greeted with a total of 37 violent […]
