Leaked investigation contradicts Thai Prime Minister, who had blamed six gunshot deaths on protesters taking sanctuary An official investigation into the deaths of protesters taking refuge in a Buddhist temple that had been declared a safe haven during Thailand’s Red Shirt demonstrations in May this year has found that special forces were probably responsible. This […]
THE SHOOTING of a security guard as he slumbered in his estate box in Phuket City has police probing a second gun murder mystery in the space of 72 hours. On Tuesday at 6.10am the body of a young female golf caddy was found crumpled by the roadside near the Mission Hills course in eastern […]
BANGKOK, Dec 9 – The Thai police on Thursday arrested a Colombian and suspected gang members in the capital of Bangkok charging them with theft and using forged passports. Carlos Enrique Torres Robriguez and three others believed to be part of his gang were detained at Sathupradit Soi 57 with 39 items stolen from their […]
Thai Foreign Ministry on Monday said it is prepared to forward a request the United States to extradite ousted ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra who is invited speak before Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). Ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi said that if requested by the Office of Attorney-General, the ministry will act. Thaksin is invited […]
The internet around the world is buzzing from reports in Thailand of major pornographic movie makers getting arrested and freed in Thailand. The well-balanced Teakdoor.com and other popular sites like Thai.visa.com and Pattaya-addicts.com have had almost a million hits on recent postings about foreign pornographers in Thailand. In Pattaya, PAPPA Co., Ltd. the law firm […]
BANGKOK, Dec 1 – Thailand’s Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) on Wednesday set up a command centre to monitor the situation during the celebrations to mark His Majesty the King’s 83rd birthday, according to army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha. The army chief said CRES has many times discussed security measures during […]
There are eight cases of deaths during the anti-government protests from March to May involving the red shirts and the “men in black”, while the cause of deaths in four other cases is unknown but they could have resulted from a crackdown by security forces, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said yesterday. The deaths […]
TAK, Nov 7– Myanmar soldiers were deployed along Thai-Myanmar border at the Moei River after a Japanese journalist was arrested in Myanmar’s Myawaddy for illegally crossing the border from Thailand. Responding to the detention of the Japanese journalist late Sunday morning, the combined forces of Myanmar military and Border Guard Force personnel have been stationed […]
