RED Shirts flocked to the front of Klong Prem Central Prison to await de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s release on parole tomorrow (May 11) with police maintaining tight security, Amarin TV said this afternoon. Groups of Red Shirts from various provinces began arriving today and occupied the area along Ngamwongwan road in
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Anti-Thaksin protesters desperately gather outside Police Hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DOZEN POLITICAL activists today (Feb.14) demonstrated outside Police Hospital in desperate protest of an imminent release on parole of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra. The protesters, mostly being elderly persons led by the Students’ & People’s Network for Democratic Reform and the Centre for People in Protection
Read moreThaksin tipped to be released on parole on Feb.18
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE “UNTOUCHABLE” DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra will likely be released on parole on Feb.18, a police source said today (Feb.6). The deposed prime minister is now expected to be released on parole after he has spent more than five months for medical treatments of his
Read moreMyanmar junta to free 9,652 prisoners on humanitarian grounds – state media
By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch MYANMAR’S military government will release 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, under an amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, state media reported on yesterday (Jan. 4). The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military seized power in February 2021, reversing a decade-long democratic experiment, and
Read moreRed Wa likely freed kidnapped drama director held for 24m baht ransom
REPORTS from the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province today (August 8) said the Red Wa ethnic group has released a drama director and martial arts teacher for actors and actresses held for 24 million baht ransom since the beginning of the year, Matichon newspaper and Sanook.com said. Mr. Ramai
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