By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Protesters have destroyed around a dozen military-owned communications towers in Myanmar, witnesses and reports said today (Sept. 8), after the country’s self-proclaimed shadow government issued a call for a “defensive war” against the junta. The country has been in chaos since the military seized power in
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Court rejects arrest warrant for anti-Prayut protest leaders
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ARREST WARRANT sought by police against leading political activists in protest of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was today (Sept. 8) denied by court. The Bangkok South District Court turned down the request by Thong Lor police station for the arrest warrant for Red Shirt leader Nattawut Saikua and political activist
Read moreRussians nabbed in Phuket, charged with stealing ancient painting
THREE of four Russians wanted for the theft of an ancient painting from a Swiss man in Pattaya were arrested in Phuket today (Sept. 8) under warrants issued by Chonburi court, Siam Rath newspaper said. Immigration police in Phuket raided two houses in Koh Kaew sub-district, Mueang district, Phuket, under a search warrant issued by
Read morePopular Thai singer dies of Covid as daily count edges up
THE Thai entertainment industry was shaken today (Sept. 8) by the death of popular singer Thanwa Rasithanu after having contracted Covid-19 while the daily tally inched up to 14,176 cases and 228 deaths, Thai Rath and Daily News newspapers said. It was another singer, Baowee R Siam, who broke the news of the death Thanwa,
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