WE Volunteer (WeVo) protest guards and police clashed in front of Myanmar embassy on Sathorn road late afternoon today (Feb. 1) after the latter moved in to break up a peaceful rally against the coup mounted at the neighbouring country this morning, Siam Rath newspaper reported. The WeVo guards arrived at the embassy at 3.30
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Activity held at police station to encourage 2 Section 112 suspects
THE We Volunteer (WeVo) guards held a performance in front of Yannawa police station to encourage two suspects summoned to hear charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or lese majeste law, Thai Rath and INN News reported today (Dec. 17). It was reported that one of the two suspects is a 16-year-old
Read moreFracas erupts as guards try to dismantle barbed wire
THE WeVo group of volunteer guards had a run-in with the police this afternoon (Dec. 10) as they moved in to dismantle rolls of barbed wire at Theves intersection but quickly withdrew when told to do so by their leader, Thai Rath newspaper reported. The WeVo group leader Toto Piyarat Jongthep had announced on Facebook
Read moreBig southern gangster caught after hair-raising chase
POLICE in southern Nakhon Si Thammarat city chased a Mafia don and his underling across five districts last night before finally stopping them by firing shots to flatten rear tyres of their pickup truck and finding three kilogrammes of fresh kratom leaves in their possession, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 11, 2020). The wild
Read morePrayut halts talk of Prawit overseeing police force
UPON being questioned twice by reporters about news spreading that Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan would now be either helping oversee or fully taking charge of the Royal Thai Police Force, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha clearly said there are no changes, Naewna newspaper reported this afternoon (July 31, 2020). Gen. Prayut was first asked whether
Read moreBig police meeting on taking action against student groups
SEVERAL senior police officers are holding a meeting today (July 20) to consider the prosecution of the Student Union of Thailand and Free Youth group after having rallied to oust the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at the Democracy Monument on Saturday July 18 with there also being demonstrations in Chiang Mai and Ubon
Read morePattaya police enforce strict controls at Tree Town fun spot
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOCIAL DISTANCING rule was last night (June 26) strictly maintained at Tree Town night market in Pattaya as dozens of young women were spotted hanging around and looking to offer themselves in suspected flesh trade, police said. The adolescent females mingled with hundreds of other visitors, mostly being Thais, at Tree
Read morePolice bust network selling firearms online
CRIME Suppression Department’s Hanuman unit mounted raids in Bangkok and various other provinces to smash an illegal online firearm trade network but initially only revealed the arrest of the administrator with other details withheld for now, PostToday reported this morning (June 18). At 6 a.m.this morning CSD chief Pol Maj Gen Jiraphop Phuridech sent out
Read moreCheckpoints stay in place to monitor security despite curfew ending
METROPOLITAN Police Bureau is transforming its 88 curfew checkpoints to ones monitoring security and preventing crime now that night curfew has ended with this effective from 11 p.m. last night (June 14), INN News reported this morning. Pol Maj Gen Nitinan Petchabarom, deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, told this online news site that
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