. By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHULALONGKORN AND THAMMASAT university students have today (Jan.20) begun to move in support of a resolute call for unconditional, immediate release of 21 detained political activists. Large banners were spotted dangling from some buildings in the premises of Chulalongkorn University and Thammasat University’s Tha Prachan campus with statements encouraging students
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Prisoners to start cleaning Bangkok’s sewers again from next month
THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) reached an agreement with the Corrections Department today (June 7) to resume hiring prisoners to clean the capital’s sewers from July 1 onwards in an effort to prevent flooding during the rainy season, Naewna newspaper said. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt chaired a meeting with the department’s team led by their
Read moreJailed protest leader’s birthday celebrated outside prison
THE Thalufah activist group held a birthday celebration for jailed protest leader Mr. Panupong Chadnok, or Mike Rayong, and also celebrated Christmas for three other jailed protest leaders outside Bangkok Remand Prison today (Dec. 26), Matichon newspaper said. At around 5 p.m. members of this activist group tied a large cloth banner with the
Read moreProminent prisoners granted second royal pardon this year
AMONG the prisoners receiving royal pardon on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great, National Day and Father’s Day of Thailand, were five sentenced to lengthy jail terms in high-profile cases, Matichon newspaper said today (Dec. 6). This newspaper examined the list of over 130,000
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