Red Shirts Plan to Enter Forbidden Zones Thai Red-shirts will on Tuesday move to 11 areas where they are forbidden from entering, group leader Nattawut Saikua announced on Monday evening. He made the announcement after the Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) announced on Sunday that the demonstrators are proscribed from entering [...]
Apr
6
Red Shirts Plan to Enter Forbidden Zones
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Apr
6
Rowdy Red Shirts Enter Government Buildings
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Rowdy Red Shirts Enter Government Buildings Thai Red-shirt activists forced their way into the building where the Election Commission has its offices in the government compound on Chaeng Wattana Road on Monday afternoon after their demand to convene with EC secretary-general Apichart Sukkhakanont was not met by their 2pm time frame. They later pulled out [...]
Nov
20
Red Shirts Rally to Demand Elections
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Red Shirts Rally to Demand Elections Thailand’s Red-Shirted United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will rally from Nov 28 to Dec 2, UDD core leader Natthawut Saikua said on Thursday. The UDD is demanding an election. Mr Natthawut said red-shirts would gather at the Democracy Monument on Ratchadamnern road from about midday starting Nov [...]
Nov
9
Thaksin Still Toxic to Dems
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Thaksin Still Toxic to Dems A spokesman for Thai Prime Minister and Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thepthai Senpong, furiously criticized ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra because of his interview with The Times, saying the statements in the dialogue were insulting to the royal institution. It is the discussion that seemed most distasteful to the royal [...]
Oct
28
Cambodian P.M. Gets Earful About Thaksin’s Trespasses
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Cambodian P.M. Gets Earful About Thaksin’s Trespasses Thailand’s deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban told reporters on Tuesday that he had enlightened Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to the issues surrounding the legal problems of military-coup-ousted former popularly elected Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and Mr Hun Sen had promised him that he would not interfere in Thai [...]
Sep
25
Thaksin Volunteers Once Again to Solve Countries Problems
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Thaksin Volunteers Once Again to Solve Countries Problems Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stated on Tuesday that he was prepared to go back to Thailand to be Prime Minister if it is the people’s desire for him to resolve the country’s difficulties. He also called for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to close the House [...]
Sep
22
Avast Ye Mateys, Things to Get rough for Pirates
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Avast Ye Mateys, Things to Get rough for Pirates The Thai parliament is drafting new anti-piracy legislation. Under the proposed law, users and sellers of counterfeit items, including computer software, music and movies could be fined 1,000 baht per instance. Owners of commercial buildings associated with product piracy could be fined 30,000 to 300,000 baht. [...]
Sep
19
Thaksin Claims Thai Unhappiness has Grown Since the 2006 Coup
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Thaksin Claims Thai Unhappiness has Grown Since the 2006 Coup According to ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand is moving backward and Thai people are unhappy since the Sept 19, 2006 coup. He made the statements in a phone-in address to his red-shirt supporters at the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) Red Shirt [...]
Sep
6
Red Shirts Pretend to be Sneaky, Postpone Rally
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Red Shirts Pretend to be Sneaky, Postpone Rally Thai authorities have loosened up security in Bangkok to put the spotlight on monitoring pro-Thaksin factions in the run-up to a big Sept 19 gathering by anti-government protesters, military sources have said. Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister for security Suthep Thaugsuban joined military and police chiefs for a [...]
