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Arrest in Bombing Cases Thai police have served an arrest warrant for a close associate of army specialist Maj Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol on charges of inciting unrest. Lat Krabang police chief Somchai Choeiklin said yesterday Min Buri Provincial Court had handed down the warrant for Pornwat Thongsombun, also known as K-Thong, on charges of creating [...]

Thaksin in the Hot Seat Thai Attorney-general Chulasingh Vasantasing announced that he will without delay ask the Supreme Court to give an order seizing 46.37 billion baht of Thaksin Shinawatra’s assets, as outlined in Friday’s verdict; even though the ousted prime minister’s legal representatives say they will offer fresh facts mitigating a new trial within [...]

Thailand’s Consumer Prices Increase Thailand’s consumer price index (CPI) for February 2010 increased from the same month last year by 3.7 per cent and by 0.56 per cent over January to stand at 106.88, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Tuesday. The groceries and beverage index for February 2010 was 120.39, up 5.1 per cent [...]

Grenade Thrower Sought by Police Thailand’s Criminal Court has announced a warrant for the arrest of a male suspected to have tossed a hand grenade at Bangkok Bank’s Silom Road branch last weekend. A picture was sketched from the security camera installed at the bank and from evidence specified by eyewitnesses. Bangkok Bank’s Silom Road [...]

Bangkok Bank Targeted With Hand Grenades A M26 hand grenade exploded at the Silom Road branch of Bangkok Bank last night and another grenade was found at the bank’s Rama II branch. Deputy Chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau Pol Maj Gen Anan Srihiran last night sent police to step up security at all branches [...]

Thaksin Says His Assets Should be Returned Thailand’s Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in his website www.thaksinlive.com at 4am on Friday that all of his money and assets were resultant from years of working hard, not from corruption as charged. Thaksin claims that he had more than 60 billion baht in assets in [...]

Japan Still Likes Thailand for Investment A study from last year by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) demonstrated that Thailand is fourth on the list of nations most favored by Japanese investors – just behind China, India and Vietnam – Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) president Pattareeya Benjapolchai announced on Tuesday. “Japanese investors [...]

Exports Head Out and Up Thailand’s exports grew at their fastest rate for 18 months in January as the financial system of key markets gained force, helping lift orders for commodities from farm products to auto parts. Exports increased 30.8% from a year earlier to $13.72 billion, while increasing 26% in baht terms to 453.42 [...]

Relentless Resilient Red Shirts Ready to Rally….Sometime Thailand’s red shirts will hold a major rally after Feb 26, but the precise day has yet to be decided, said United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leader Jatuporn Promphan at the assembly in front of the Bangkok Bank headquarters on Silom road on Friday. He said [...]