BANGKOK, 6 April 2011 (NNT) – Thailand’s Red Shirts (UDD) will hold a rally in Bangkok on 10 April in remembrance of the political bloodbath at Kok Wua Intersection last year. A press conference was held by Acting Chairperson of the UDD Thida Thavornseth along with UDD core leaders Jatuporn Prompan, Natthawut Saikua and Weng […]
10 people were arrested at a Police Checkpoint in South Pattaya in the early hours of Tuesday Morning, including a volunteer for a national security agency. Pattaya Police set up the checkpoint inside Soi Khopai, an area notorious for illegal drug activity. During the course of the evening 10 men were arrested, who had either […]
Thai Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday pledged the military to remain neutral and ready to accept the balloting outcome regardless of which party emerged the winner. “Everyone should think about the country staying on the path of democracy via the ballot box,” he said, dismissing scenarios like the poll being derailed or the […]
BANGKOK, March 22 – The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday extended implementation of the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Bangkok’s seven districts for another 30 days as it is due to expire on Friday. The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) asked the Cabinet to extend the ISA from March 26 through April […]
YALA, March 19 — Two suspected insurgents were shot dead early Saturday, while two others escaped, following fierce fighting with combined security forces in the restive southern province of Yala, police said. Police said the clash occurred at about 6.30am after more than 30 security combined force on an investigative operation surrounded a house in […]
Singapore, March 17 – Thailand has frozen its plans to build its own nuclear power plants in the wake of the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan following a series of meltdowns at the quake-hit power complex in Fukushima. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban announced yesterday that the government would indefinitely halt all plans to […]
Narathiwat – Two were killed and four others injured when seven robbers staged a robbery of two adjacent gold shops Monday morning. The robbers made off with an unknown number of gold ornaments after killing a shop owner and a security officer and injuring another shop owner and the two owners’ relatives. The robbery took […]
A man was allegedly beaten inside the Pattaya Police cells in the early hours of Thursday Morning and in the afternoon he was found dead. The incident began at 1.30am and was caught on security cameras fitted inside the cells, located on the second floor of Pattaya Police Station. The pictures showed a group of […]
