By Thai Newsroom Reporters EKALAK PAENOI, the ex-Marine gunman suspected to have killed a former Cambodian MP in Bangkok has been brought back from Battambang to the Thai capital today (Jan.11), police said. The lone gunman who wore a bulletproof jacket and handcuffs was brought from Battambang aboard a Thai police helicopter under custody
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Thai-Cambodian police team chase, arrest suspect in murder of ex-Khmer MP
A THAI POLICE team chased a suspect wanted in the murder of former Cambodian MP Lim Kimya in Banglamphu area of Bangkok to Cambodia’s Battambang province and joined forces with their Khmer counterparts in capturing him at 4.30 p.m. today (Jan. 8), Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said late this evening. National Police Chief
Read moreEx-Khmer MP killed in Bangkok allegedly at order of powers-that-be in Phnom Penh
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF a powerful regime in Phnom Penh could possibly have masterminded clandestine, cross-border missions to fatally muffle Cambodian dissidents abroad with yesterday’s murder of a former Khmer MP in Bangkok for instance, Fair MP Kannavee Suebsang said today (Jan.8). The Thai lawmaker was responding to the killing of
Read moreBig hunt for hitman in murder of former Cambodian MP, target pointer likely involved
POLICE are urgently hunting for a suspect in the murder of a former Cambodian MP in the heart of Bangkok last evening (Jan. 7) while certain he was helped by a second person who pointed out the target with this person possibly being a member of the same tour group, TV Channel 7 said
Read moreArrest warrant out for hired gun who shot dead former Cambodian MP in Bangkok
THE Criminal Court this morning (Jan. 8) approved a warrant for the arrest of a hired gun who goes by the name “Sergeant Em Kongruea” on the charges of killing former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya, 74, in the heart of Bangkok last evening, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police
Read moreUS sailors taking shore leave in Sihanoukville
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a rare phenomenon, a United States combat ship is currently docking in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville, registering the first visit of its kind for the world superpower’s navy to the Southeast Asian country in eight years. Littoral Combat Ship USS Savannah (LCS-28), attached to the US Indo-Pacific
Read morePheu Thai-led govt pressed to scrap Thai-Khmer MoU in 15 days
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED government has been ultimately pressed by a former Yellow Shirt activist to rescind a “treacherous” MoU reached in 2001 between Thailand and Cambodia on a profit-sharing, undersea resources development project in a 15-day period from today (Dec. 9). Sonthi Limthongkul today submitted a fresh petition to Prime
Read moreCourt urged to declare Thai-Khmer MoU null and void
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN was today (Nov. 25) asked to call on the Constitutional Court or Administrative Court to declare immediately null and void a 2001 MoU signed between Bangkok and Phnom Penh. Political activist Sonthiya Sawasdee submitted a petition to the Office of the Ombudsman asking the agency
Read moreMass petition against Thai-Khmer undersea project to be submitted to Govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FRESH PETITION undersigned by over 100,000 people in opposition to a Thai-Cambodian MoU on a joint undersea natural resources development project will be submitted to the Pheu Thai-led government on the upcoming Friday. Thai Pakdee chair Warong Dechgitvigrom confirmed today (Nov. 20) that the mass petition to which over
Read moreThai members to a joint undersea resources panel to be named ASAP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER Maris Sangiampongsa confirmed today (Nov. 20) a group of persons will be named “as soon as possible” to sit on a Joint Technical Committee for a profit-sharing, undersea resources development project between Thailand and Cambodia. Maris stopped short of elaborating on the shortly-anticipated naming of members on
Read morePhumtham denies rumours of Thaksin-Hun Sen hush-hush deal on undersea scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai today (Nov. 11) downplayed criticism that de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen had mutually made a secret deal over a contentious, profit-sharing undersea resources development scheme in an upper part of the Gulf of Thailand. Phumtham,
Read moreUltra-conservative party drumming up support to scrap Thai-Khmer MoU
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 100,000 PEOPLE are being encouraged to undersign a petition calling on the Pheu Thai-led government to unilaterally scrap a 2001 Memorandum of Understanding between Thailand and Cambodia on a profit-sharing undersea resources development scheme. Thai Pakdee chair Warong Dechgitvigrom said today (Nov. 9) he is currently soliciting
Read moreAnutin heading to Koh Kood amid Thai-Khmer MoU fears
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-CUM-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is scheduled to visit Koh Kood island on the upcoming Monday to revive the confidence of local villagers as well as visitors on Thailand’s territorial integrity over the eastern tourist island amidst fake news circulated online, a partisan source said today (Nov. 8). The
Read moreGovt urged to scrap Thai-Khmer MoU on developing undersea resources
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED GOVERNMENT was today (Nov. 8) encouraged to entirely rescind the 2001 Memorandum of Understanding between Thailand and Cambodia in regard to a joint undersea resources development scheme which allegedly keeps the Thai side in undue disadvantage. The Palang Pracharath today gave a press conference to insist that
Read moreThai-Khmer MoU on joint undersea resources scheme deemed ‘unconstitutional’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI-CAMBODIAN Memorandum of Understanding made in 2001 in regard to a joint undersea natural resources development scheme may be deemed “unconstitutional” and finally declared null and void by Thailand, said Palang Pracharath Secretary-General Paiboon Nititawan today (Nov. 7). Given a sustained controversy over the legitimacy of the MoU undersigned
Read morePM urged to not compromise over Koh Kood island
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra is being advised by the Palang Pracharath to never compromise Thailand’s territorial integrity in favour of Cambodia over Koh Kood island off Trat. The Palang Pracharath, headed by former deputy prime minister Prawit Songsuwan, plans to submit a formal petition to the woman prime minister today (Oct.
Read morePregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Thirteen pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth, a senior Interior Ministry official said Saturday. Interior Ministry Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng, who leads the country’s
Read moreA Cambodian reporter who investigated online scam centres has been arrested
By Grant Peck and Sopheng Cheang – AP and published by Yahoo!News Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Cambodian freelance reporter Mech Dara, noted for investigative reporting in a country with limited press freedom, was arrested yesterday (Sep. 30), a leading local human rights organisation and a journalists association said. Known especially for investigating online scam
Read moreFamous baby pygmy hippo sparks cross-border row with Cambodia
WITH millions of social media fans and packing in visitors at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, two-month-old pygmy hippopotamus “Moo Deng” (bouncy pig) has now triggered a row with Cambodia which claimed that she was born in Cambodia, Sanook.com and Amarin TV said last night (Sep. 16). This drama started after a Facebook
Read morePolice help Cambodian girl abandoned by parents in Pattaya
A 10-year-old Cambodian girl who was abandoned by her parents at Pattaya beach was helped by police after local residents and tourists saw her crying last night (July 29), Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. Pattaya City police went to help the child at 10 p.m. after being alerted that she was sitting and crying
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