FORMER prime minister and de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra was unperturbed by a car bomb explosion within Ban Thon Airport at far-south Narathiwat province this morning (Feb. 23) an hour before he and his team landed there while he later apologised for the Tak Bai incident, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Feb.
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Police brace for more explosions after car bomb rocks Pattani
AFTER a car bomb exploded in Pattani province soon after midnight yesterday (Oct. 24) investigators have found out that the insurgents are moving to set off four improvised explosive devices simultaneously in four southern border provinces during Oct. 24-28, Naewna newspaper said today. Investigators were also informed by local sources that two explosive devices
Read moreNo executive decree to extend Tak Bai’s litigation period: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO EXECUTIVE DECREE could be issued by the Pheu Thai-led government to extend a 20-year litigation period for 2004’s Tak Bai incident in the Deep South, said Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra today (Oct. 24). Paetongtarn told reporters at Government House the historic manslaughter of 85 southern protesters, 78 of whom
Read morePM urged to apologise to the public over Tak Bai manslaughter
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was today (Oct. 24) urged by Thai Sang Thai Party to apologise to the public over 2004’s Tak Bai manslaughter with the statute of limitations expiring tomorrow (Oct. 25), Thai Rath newspaper said. Party leader Sudarat Keyurapan said the stance of those in power over 2004’s manslaughter of 85 protesters
Read moreHigh-level govt officials to testify over Tak Bai incident
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT officials will be summoned to testify at the House of Representatives over a chronic failure to bring any suspects in the Tak Bai manslaughter case to justice. House Extraordinary Committee on Southern Border Peace spokesperson Pannika Wanich said today (Oct. 17) the planned testimony over 2004’s manslaughter of
Read morePisal resigns as Pheu Thai MP, ruling party off the hook over Tak Bai incident
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER SOUTHERN ARMY commander Pisal Watanawongkhiri has recently resigned as Pheu Thai MP, thus rendering the ruling party unaccountable for his previous acts involving the Tak Bai incident. Chief government whip Wisut Chaiyanarun confirmed today (Oct 15) that Pisal who was believed to have fled the country to evade arrest
Read moreChuan blasts Pisal over Tak Bai case: ‘Why flee if you are not guilty?’
FORMER prime minister and Democrat party-list MP Chuan Leekpai lambasted Gen.Pisal Watanwongkhiri, who was in charge of the Fourth Army Region when the Tak Bai manslaughter occurred in 2004, for not showing up in court to fight the case saying this leads to people in the South believing he is guilty, Naewna newspaper said
Read morePheu Thai MP still on the loose over Tak Bai manslaughter case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI MP PISAL Watanawongkhiri was believed to have gone abroad to escape arrest for his alleged involvement in 2004’s Tak Bai manslaughter, police said today (Oct. 5). The police today raided Pisal’s house in Pakkret area on the northwestern outskirts of the capital but the Pheu Thai MP who
Read moreHouse gives green light to arrest Pisal in Tak Bai massacre case
THE House of Representative today (Oct. 3) gave the go-head to Narathiwat Provincial Court to immediately arrest Gen. Pisal Wattanawongkiri, Pheu Thai’s party-list MP, for not attending a hearing of a lawsuit on the dispersal of a protest at Tak Bai district that led to 85 people dying on Oct. 25, 2004 when he
Read moreCar bomb explodes at Tak Bai district chief’s house
A CAR BOMB exploded in front of Tak Bai district chief’s residence in far southern Narathiwat province at 10 p.m. last night (Sep. 29) injuring two young men, Amarin TV said. Initial investigation found that some houses near the residence of Tak Bai district chief, acting Sub. Lt. Jirass Siriwanlop, got damaged with two
Read moreSecurity personnel to be prosecuted over deaths of 78 protesters in 2004 crackdown
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND will prosecute eight former security personnel over their roles in a crackdown two decades ago in which 78 protesters suffocated or were crushed to death when crammed into army trucks, the attorney general’s office said on Wednesday (Sep. 18). The announcement comes just weeks before the expiry
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