Two of the 10 leaked reports purported to have come from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and recently obtained by The Nation reveal how live bullets were “likely used” on both a bystander and a red shirt, with investigators concluding both cases were likely the work of soldiers acting on orders. In the case […]
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 […]
A TMB money truck was robbed yesterday near Seacon Square mall in eastern Bangkok, by three men who made off with Bt16 million (S$696 000). Bangkok police chief Pol LtGeneral Santhan Chayanont said yesterday’s heist was conducted in a manner similar to the recent robbery of a money truck belonging to bakery firm Farmhouse. Thanachote […]
In the early hours of last Friday morning the theft of a Bank of Ayudhya ATM Machine took place in Rayong Province. The ATM was taken by around 5 men who placed it in the back of a Blue Truck. Since then, Police have been searching for the ATM which is known to have contained […]
OAG sues for party dissolution. Democrats under fire over political donation The Office of the Attorney-General has submitted a formal recommendation to the Constitution Court calling for the dissolution of the Democrat Party over an alleged illegal 258 million baht donation. The prosecutors also recommended that the court ban from politics for five years all […]
Five suspected members of the “M16” gang that preyed on for-eign residents in Chon Buri have been arrested on burglary and armed robbery charges. At a police press conference, the five Thai men were pre-sented along with an M16 assault rifle, three pistols, one of which was stolen from a Sattahip resident, an Isuzu pickup […]
RED protesters are torching Bangkok tonight in a frightening reversal of this afternoon’s apparent ending of a street demonstration that was contained in a small part of the capital. Fire trucks of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation were not able to reach one blaze in a huge shopping mall in Bangkok today because […]
Troops fire tear gas at red shirts protesters near Lumpini Bazaar on Rama IV road on Friday at 12.15pm in a first step to disperse the protests. The protesters in the area captured and vandalised two military fire trucks near the bazaar on Thursday night. They ripped the cannon from its moorings and used its […]
