During the House session, the defense minister pointed out that the cracking down of the red shirt rally earlier this year was done lawfully and in accordance to the human rights standards, and that those injured have already been compensated. Yesterday, the House inquired about the government’s crackdown on the red shirt rally earlier this […]
BANGKOK – A senior Thai security official alleged Monday that members of the anti-government Red Shirt movement were trained in Cambodia to assassinate top Thai leaders, including the prime minister. Eleven men who were arrested last week in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai were among 39 given ideological and combat training in a […]
Intelligence reports confirmed that there is no sign of possible violence during the planned march in Bangkok by the red-shirt people group on Sunday, Special Branch commander Pol Lt Gen Trithos Ronritthiwichai said on Saturday. The red-shirt supporters of the United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will tomorrow hold a procession through areas in […]
A man and a woman in a Muslim headscarf seen in security-camera footage at a Nonthaburi apartment where a powerful explosion occurred on Tuesday have been identified by police. Police have linked them to suspicious activities and acquired arrest warrants for them. The man is identified as Kasi Ditthanarat, 48, who has changed his name […]
Pattani, Thailand – Suspected separatist militants killed one soldier and three civilians in a series of attacks in Thailand’s troubled deep south, security officials said Wednesday. Troops were searching a house on Wednesday afternoon in Sri Sakon district of Narathiwat province, 800 kilometres south of Bangkok, when a bomb went off, killing one soldier instantly […]
Thai security authorities are being placed on high alert as political groups organize highly charged memorial gatherings in October to mark past bloodshed. Bangkok Post reported. Security agencies had warned that there might be violence in Bangkok and its surrounding provinces such as Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani, Udon Thani, Nakhon Ratchasima and Khon […]
YALA, Thailand: Suspected islamic insurgents killed three soldiers and wounded another four in a gun fight with security forces and an ambush in the restive Thai south, police said Sunday. A group of more than 10 militants attacked six soldiers while they were patrolling in Yala province on Sunday morning, sparking a 10-minute gunfight in […]
BANGKOK, 30 September 2010 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday noted the government would expedite its task to seek measures in control of the unauthorized arms possession. Introducing an amnesty bill was cited as a way to protect innocent protesters as bail would be granted to those who return illegal war-weapons and military […]
