BANGKOK – Thailand’s government yesterday agreed to impose the Internal Security Act ahead of protests this weekend, vowing to use “all means” to stop violence by backers of ousted Premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The security act will be imposed from March 11 to 23. Among the security measures is the banning of farm vehicles from the […]
Family said to fear being held hostage Members of Thaksin Shinawatra’s immediate family have left or are leaving the country ahead of this weekend’s rally by supporters of the fugitive former prime minister. Thaksin’s former wife Potjaman na Pombejra and their son Panthongtae Shinawatra left for Hong Kong on Monday while their two daughters Ms […]
THAILAND will imprison and hand out heavy fines to any migrant workers who attend mass anti-government rallies in Bangkok this weekend, the labour minister said today. Migrants would be subject to a five-year jail term and fines of up to 100,000 baht ($3358) if found among protesters loyal to fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra who […]
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Thai government plans to invoke a tough security law, giving the armed forces broad powers to control a rally in Bangkok by supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a minister said on Monday. The Internal Security Act (ISA) allows the country’s top security agency, the Internal Security Operations Command, to […]
BANGKOK: — Up to 20,000 Buddhist monks are reported to be preparing to join the mass red-shirt rally in Bangkok on March 12, threatening to mirror the “Saffron Revolution” in Burma in 2007. Earlier today, Saturday March 6, Arisman Pongruangrong, a prominent member of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), said he expected […]
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday posted a message on his Twitter account, calling on people who love democracy and justice and those who think he is being treated cruelly to join the ‘March on March 14’ anti-government campaign of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD). “We have to be […]
BANGKOK — Thailand is continuing to offer insurance coverage worth $10,000 to anyone harmed in riots and demonstrations as it seeks to attract tourists scared off by political turmoil, officials say. Other carrots range from a waiver on all visa fees to discounts on airline landing fees. “The measures are to support the tourism industry. […]
BANGKOK, Feb 28 (TNA) — Leaders of the anti-government Red Shirt movement, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), said Sunday the group has no connection with the bomb incidents in the Thai capital and its neighbouring province of Samut Prakan on Saturday. They asked the government to probe both the military and police […]
