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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5 ex-Red Shirt leaders bailed out in 2010 protest case
FIVE former leaders of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), commonly called Red Shirts, were released on bail after the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek road sentenced them along with their associates, totaling 13 defendants, to jail on charges of attempting to oust the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva and storming the home of
Read moreRed Shirts gather in front of prison to support Thaksin
A GROUP of Red Shirt followers gathered in front of Klong Prem prison to support de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra who was ordered back to jail by the Supreme Court to serve a one-year sentence with his six-month-long fakeout at Police Hospital until his release on parole early last year not holding
Read moreRed Shirts gather at Supreme Court to support Thaksin
RED-SHIRT followers gathered at the Supreme Court in Sanam Luang early this morning (Sep. 9) in support of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra as a verdict in a lawsuit against him for his alleged six-month fakeout at Police Hospital will be delivered at 10 a.m., Naewna newspaper said this evening. Both Thaksin
Read moreBag of garbage hurled at Thaksin on stage
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BAG OF GARBAGE was literally hurled at de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra whilst he was blatantly bragging about government plans and schemes for the purported betterment of Isaan constituents during his ruling party’s provincial electoral campaign in Maha Sarakham today (Jan.20). A local woman villager, identified by
Read morePheu Thai dissolution sought for using politically banned Nattawut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION has been petitioned today (Mar.7) to take steps toward a possible dissolution of the Pheu Thai for having a politically-banned person help with the party’s ongoing electoral campaign. Sonthiya Sawasdee, member of the Ruam Thai Sang Chart, called on the polling agency to forward the case over
Read moreSome Red Shirt activists, first-time voters might spurn Pheu Thai runners for MP: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NUMBER OF RED SHIRT activists and first-time voters might probably reject Pheu Thai candidates running for MP in the wake of scathing criticism launched against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, according to a noted academic. Those Red Shirt activists who may have picked Pheu Thai candidates in
Read moreRed shirts blast quelling of anti-Apec demonstration at rally
A GROUP OF red-shirt followers held an anti-dictatorship rally near the Democracy Monument this afternoon (Nov. 20) where the government was slammed for quelling an anti-Apec protest on Saturday that left several people injured and scores arrested, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said. Around 50 red-shirt demonstrators set up a stage in front of
Read moreDeath of taxi driver who fought for democracy marked
RED-SHIRT followers and supporters today (Oct. 31) marked the 16th anniversary of the of death of taxi driver Naumthong Praiwan who drove his cab into a military tank on Sept. 30, 2006 to protest against the coup that year and later hanged himself at a footbridge in front of Thai Rath newspaper building, Matichon
Read moreBhumjaithai Party all set to keep Prayut in power: Nattawut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER RED SHIRT leader Nattawut Saikua today (June 18) discouraged local villagers of Sisaket from picking any future Bhumjaithai candidates running for MPs otherwise, he said, they would only look to keep Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in power beyond the next general election. During the so-called “Chase the Rat, Swat
Read moreNattawut tasked with turning Red Shirt members into Pheu Thai voters
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER RED SHIRT leader Nattawut Saikua is being named “director” of a Pheu Thai Family project with apparent intent to recruit pro-democracy activists nationwide as supporters of Pheu Thai Party in the next general election, partisan sources said today (June 14). Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of Pheu Thai Family and daughter
Read moreRed shirts gather downtown Bangkok to mark crackdown in 2010
MEMBERS of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), aka the red shirts, gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection at 4.30 p.m. today (May 19) to mark the violent suppression of their protests by the military on this same day in 2010 in which at least 80 civilians and six soldiers were killed and over
Read moreChilli sauce shop sells out after evicting red-shirt TV host
THE Thai spicy chilli sauce shop at the centre of a drama with political undertones that erupted yesterday (Sept. 21) after the owner evicted a red-shirt TV programme host despite an appointment for a shoot a month in advance is now raking it in having sold out most of her products overnight, TV Channel 7
Read moreCourt 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 moreAnti-Prayut demonstrators march to Govt House
THE People’s Unity Group for Thailand led by red shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan joined by other groups encamped at the Government House after marching there from Phan Fa Lilat Bridge at 6 p.m. this evening (June 26) in a demonstration to pressure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to resign, Thai Rath newspaper said. The march was
Read moreRed shirts temporarily halt rally over Covid outbreak
THE red shirt protesters rallying at Santiporn Park on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue for the fourth day today (April 7) to pressure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down decided to disband and meet again at a later date amid a new flare up of coronavirus, Siam Rath newspaper said this evening. Mr. Jatuporn Prompan, head
Read moreRed shirts continue rallying for second day
RED-SHIRT followers assembled at Santiporn Park on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue for the second day today (April 5) as they continued pressuring for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down while also calling the release of protest leaders detained under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, Thai Rath newspaper said.
Read moreRed shirts gather to pressure PM Prayut to resign
RED-SHIRT followers gathered at Santiporn Park on Ratchadamnoen Klang Avenue where the Black May 1992 Memorial is located at 4 p.m. today (April 4) with their leaders taking turns to giving speeches on their objective that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha step down, Thai Rath newspaper said. The key leaders said the gathering, entitled “Thais won’t
Read moreRed shirts ‘will be joining October 14 rally’
A FORMER Pheu Thai MP and one of the leaders of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship said today (Oct. 9) that the majority of red-shirt supporters will be joining a demonstration called by students on October 14 despite the government saying otherwise, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Mr. Worachai Hema, a former Pheu Thai
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