AS People’s Party and red-shirt demonstrators steadily started gathering in front of Siam Commercial Bank’s Ratchayothin head office early this afternoon (Nov. 25) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha confirmed martial law will not be imposed with the normal legal structure being sufficient to control the situation, Siam Rath newspaper and Voice TV reported. Protesters were continuously
Month: November 2020
SCB shuts head office for a day as protesters switch venue
SIAM Commercial Bank (SCB) posted a message at 7.30 a.m. this morning (Nov. 25) announcing the closure of its Ratchayothin head office for one day today to avoid a protest, Amarin TV reported. People’s Party leaders have shifted their demonstration from the Crown Property Bureau to SCB head office and will be assembling there at
Read moreArmy defuses coup scare after choppers were sighted in Bangkok
WITH coup d’état rumours having intensified after some helicopters were seen flying over inner Bangkok yesterday (Nov. 23) the army today clarified that they were brought in to provide protection for Her Majesty the Queen on a royal visit to Phetchaburi province, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Deputy army spokeswoman Col. Yingsirichan Ngathong said at the
Read moreYellow-shirt protesters hound Thanathorn at police station
PROGRESSIVE Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit faced a yellow-shirt demonstration at Thong Song Hong police station when he showed up there to answer summons over a case filed by the Election Commission and had to be shifted to another meeting room to avoid confrontation, Siam Rath newspaper reported today (Nov. 24). He was being questioned over
Read moreMotorists told to avoid Crown Property Bureau area tomorrow
POLICE asked Bangkok motorists to avoid the area around Crown Property Bureau tomorrow, Wednesday Nov. 25, from 4 p.m. onwards as demonstrators have announced that they will be holding a rally there, Thai Rath newspaper reported. Pol Maj. Gen. Jirasan Keawsaengek, deputy head of the Metropolitan Police, and Pol. Maj. Gen. Theeraphong Wongratpitak, head of
Read more10 police companies guard Crown Property Bureau
POLICE have already mounted stringent security of the Crown Property Bureau after People’s Party had announced another demonstration on Wednesday Nov. 25 with nine companies of policemen and one company of policewomen guarding the complex in rotation all 24 hours, Siam Rath and Mass Communications Authority of Thailand reported this evening (Nov. 23). Deputy Metropolitan
Read moreGen. Prayut dismisses rumours of a coup d’etat
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Nov. 23) denied a coup d’etat is about to be mounted as rumoured pointing out that he has not announced one, Sanook.com reported. Asked by reporters about chances of a coup being launched as well as a martial law being declared to cope with the string of protests as widely
Read moreUniversity head denies getting student arrested without a warrant
SILPAKORN University President Mr. Chaichan Thavornvech denied having filed a complaint against his own student leading him being arrested without a warrant, Sanook.com reported today (Nov. 23, 2020). Chaicharn said in a Facebook post published at noon today that he did not contact the police during the four-day holiday and only at 7 a.m. this
Read moreCommunication cables in front of Pheu Thai Party HQ burst into flames
A BUNCH of tangled communications cables in front of Pheu Thai Party headquarters on New Petchburi road caught fire at 3.17 p.m. today (Nov. 22) leading to heavy traffic congestion both inbound and outbound, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Firemen from Bangkapi station and Metropolitan Electricity Authority officials quickly rushed to the scene to put
Read morePork satay vendor denies being gunman who shot protesters
TAKING ACTION after being wrongly accused of being the gunman in pink who shot protesters during demonstrations by both People’s Party and yellow-shirt followers outside the Parliament last Tuesday (Nov. 17) is a pork satay vendor in Pathum Thani province who has filed a police report to clear his name, Thai Rath newspaper reported last
Read moreDoctor warns brides against pinning ears back with glue
A NEW dimension in pre-wedding preparation that is confusing netizens is that some make-up artists are now using glue to pin back prominent ears of a bride for her big day with popular Doctor Panda Lab web page sternly warning against this practice, Amarin TV reported today (Nov. 22, 2020). In the video clip that
Read moreBhutan dismisses reports of Chinese village inside its territory
By India.com, published by Microsoft New New Delhi: After information surfaced on Friday morning China has occupied a part of Bhutan by setting up a village few kilometres within its territory, Bhutan has now denied the reports. Speaking to news agency ANI, Bhutan Ambassador to India said, “There is no Chinese village inside Bhutan.” According
Read more‘Bad students’ kick off Bye Bye Dinosaurs protest activities
THE “bad students” demonstrating beneath BTS Siam station started rolling out their Bye Bye Dinosaurs protest activities at 5.20 p.m. today (Nov. 21) with there being five dinosaur characters present and also a windball symbolizing a meteorite that will wipe out backwardness, Thai Rath newspaper reported. This is a symbolic expression of children with most
Read more‘Bad students’ move rally to beneath Siam station because of rain
THE leaders of the “bad students” group shifted their demonstration that was to take place at Ratchaprasong intersection this afternoon (Nov. 21) to the section of Rama 1 road below BTS Siam station because of heavy rain, Thai Rath newspaper reported. At 12.36 p.m. a message was posted at the “bad students” Facebook page asking
Read morePolice: Avoid key intersection as ‘bad students’ rallying there this afternoon
MOTORISTS are urged to not go through Ratchaprasong intersection this afternoon (Nov. 21) as the “bad students” demonstrators are planning to hold a rally there, Sanook.com reported. Pol. Maj. Gen. Jirasan Keawsaengek, deputy head of the Metropolitan Police, and Pol. Maj. Gen. Theeraphong Wongratpitak, head of Traffic Police, jointly announced that this group of protesters
Read moreSenior US official to visit Taiwan in December
By Reuters staff and Al Jazeera ANDREW Wheeler, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, is to visit Taiwan, the island’s premier said today (Nov. 20), in what will be the third visit by a senior US official since August. Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporters interactions between the US and Taiwan had been
Read morePolice confirm ‘pink shirt’ gunman is a People’s Party guard
METROPOLITAN Police confirmed that the gunman wearing a pink shirt who shot at protesters outside the Parliament last Tuesday (Nov. 17) was a People’s Party guard and not a yellow-shirt member, Siam Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Nov. 20, 2020). The violent confrontation between the two rival groups of protesters led to six people being
Read moreFamily of five dies in Doi Inthanon accident
A SAD ACCIDENT occurred in Chiang Mai this afternoon (Nov.20) after a pickup truck carrying a family of five, the couple and their three daughters, overturned while coming down from the top of Thailand’s highest mountain Doi Inthanon, Sanook.com reported. The accident occurred at 12.50 p.m. when the Bangkok-registered black pickup truck flipped over on
Read moreVocational group founder says from New Zealand his faction not quitting
THE founder of Gear of Democracy vocational group Mr. Eakapop Luara said from New Zealand where he is taking refuge that his group is not withdrawing support from anti-government protesters as has been claimed, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Nov. 20,2020). Eakapop, aka Tang Vocational, who is a fugitive from a lèse majesté , or Section
Read moreEuropean Union plans mammoth expansion of offshore wind farms
By Reuters staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Brussels: The European Union unveiled plans today (Nov. 19) to transform its electricity system to rely mostly on renewables within a decade and increase its offshore wind energy capacity 25-fold by 2050. Renewable sources like wind and solar provide roughly a third of EU electricity today, but the
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