NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk today (March 23) issued an order for all police stations in Bangkok to again start setting up checkpoints from April 1 onwards, Amarin TV said. All the police stations were ordered to work out a plan on the locations of the checkpoints, the policemen who will be manning
Month: March 2021
Rambo Isan blasts cyber bullies for attacking PM’s twin daughters
LASHING out at cyber bullies for threatening Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s twin daughters today (March 23) is Assistant to the Prime Minister’s Office Minister Seksakon Atthawong, a red-shirt turncoat popularly known as Rambo Isan, who angrily said that this sort of action should be strongly condemned, Siam Rath newspaper said. Cyber harassment is unreasonable behaviour
Read morePenguin speaks to mum after being moved to new prison
PEOPLE’S Party leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, was allowed to speak to his mother via a two-way radio this morning (March 23) after he was moved to a new prison to serve out a 15-day sentence for violating the jurisdiction of the court by announcing his hunger strike in the courtroom even though the
Read moreDrug-crazed youth kills pump worker, neighbour
A YOUNG Thai man who was still heavily drugged when he was arrested today (March 22) had stabbed a pump attendant to death last night then this morning shot dead his neighbour, TV Channel 7 said. Policemen from Sam Khok station in Pathum Thani province rushed to the single house where Ms Maliwan Saengchan, 40,
Read morePM: Supplies going across the border on humanitarian grounds
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today (March 22) that supplies going across the Thai-Myanmar border, shown in published photos, are being channeled on humanitarian principles and also is a matter of security, Siam Rath said. Gen. Prayut mentioned that this is a different case from what occurred a few decades ago when there were both
Read moreMarking Indian freedom fighter’s birth anniversary and day of courage
By Thai Newsroom reporters STEPPING back to the past was a large crowd of Thais and Indians who had gathered at the Thai Bharat Cultural Lodge over the weekend to mark the 125th birth anniversary Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose who had started the Indian National Army right here in Thailand during World War II
Read moreNew Covid clusters at a factory and construction camps
TWO new coronavirus clusters have been found with one being at a factory in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian district and the other at some construction camps in Samut Prakan province, Amarin TV said this morning (March 22, 2021). Two factory workers were examined at Rachaphiphat Hospital on Friday (March 19), and doctors found that they
Read moreMyanmar protesters voice defiance as junta reminds of ‘external threats’
By Agencies and published by Channel NewsAsia DEMONSTRATORS in Myanmar maintained their unflinching opposition to military rule today (March 21) despite a rising death toll at the hands of security forces as the junta appeared equally determined to resist growing outside pressure to compromise. One man was killed and several were wounded when police opened
Read moreProtesters announce rallies at 3 BTS stations this evening
THE Free Youth group’s webpage announced today (March 21) that the REDEM group (Restart Democracy ) is holding rallies at Ladprao, Victory Monument and Bang Na stations from 6 p.m. this evening. The post added that there are other demonstrations also underway with the Through the Sky protesters having settled in an area beside Government
Read morePolice ask netizens to help hunt for bombing suspect
POLICE asked netizens to publicise an image of a man wearing a check shirt who they said threw several bomb-like objects at the team that confronted the protesters in Sanam Luang area last night during which 50 officers were injured, 11 of them hospitalized, Sanook.com said this afternoon (March 21). Those who have any information
Read more33 hurt and 28 arrested during clashes last night
THE clashes between protesters and police at Sanam Luang last night (March 20) led to 33 people being injured, among them 13 policemen, and the arrest of 28 suspects, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning. Among the 28 suspects arrested were two teenagers, one 14 years old the other 15, and they were all taken
Read moreThai army denies supplying rice to Myanmar forces
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report THAILAND’S army has denied supplying rice to units of Myanmar’s armed forces and said today (March 20) any food being sent over the border was part of normal trade. Myanmar’s military is facing international condemnation over a Feb. 1 coup and bloody crackdowns on protests
Read moreProtest ends early after police rush in to round up demonstrators
THE REDEM (Restart Democracy) group ended their rally at Sanam Luang at around 7.40 p.m., earlier than the intended 9 p.m., after police advanced to make arrest amid constant noise of firecracker-like blasts, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (March 20). Demonstrators were told to urgently leave the area after the police moved from behind
Read morePenguin hit with another charge for announcing fast at court
PEOPLE’S Party leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, has been slapped with another charge with this being violating the jurisdiction of the court for announcing a hunger strike in the courtroom after bail was rejected, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (March 20, 2021). Penguin, who is being detained on charges of violating Section 112
Read moreContainers brought in to block Sanam Luang
A MEMBER of Thammasat Alliance and Rally this morning (March 20) posted photos of containers being placed across Sanam Luang area to thwart a rally being held there this evening by REDEM (Restart Democracy), Siam Rath said. Ms Benja Apan said in a post accompanying the photos, with one of them showing coils of barbed
Read moreUS, Chinese diplomats clash in first high-level meeting of Biden administration
By Reuters Staff, published by Kitco News Anchorage, Alaska – The first high-level US-China meeting of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides leveling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies in a rare public display that underscored the level of bilateral tension. The run-up to the talks in
Read more9 Myanmar protesters shot dead amid exodus from Yangon
By AFP and Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Roads out of Myanmar’s biggest city were choked today (March 19) with people fleeing the junta’s deadly crackdown on anti-coup dissent, as authorities in neighbouring Thailand said they were preparing for an influx of refugees. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian
Read moreMotorcyclist dies in road crash 3 days after cremating wife
A MOTORCYCLIST was killed in Phatthalung city today (March 19) just three days after the completion of his wife’s funeral after being hit by a sedan driven by a police officer, TV Channel 7 said. A police team from Mueang Phatthalung station together with rescuers rushed to the scene of the accident where they found
Read morePolice ready to handle REDEM’s demonstration tomorrow
METROPOLITAN Police has arranged 22 companies of crowd control police to handle a demonstration that the REDEM (Restart Democracy) group has called at Sanam Luang from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow (March 20), Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon. Pol. Lt .Gen. Phukphong Phongpetra, head of the Metropolitan Police, together with other senior police
Read moreEmergency extended 2 months, Songkran water splashing banned
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced today (March 19) that the emergency decree is being extended for two more months from April 1, 2021 to May 31, 2021 while water splashing is banned this Songkran, Sanook.com said. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, CCSA’s spokesman, said although water splashing is not allowed this time people may
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