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Pheu Thai: Toss out draft charter
27 Aug 2015
WRITER: AEKARACH SATTABURUTH AND PATSARA JIKKHAM
The Pheu Thai Party made its opposition to the draft charter official on Thursday with a letter to National Reform Council (NRC) chairman Thienchay Kiranandana.... (read more).... http://bangkokpost.com/news/politics/67 ... ft-charter
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27 August 2015
Southern Separatist Leaders State Their Case to тАШEnd ViolenceтАЩ
KUALA LUMPUR тАФ Stepping out of the shadows of their long war against the Thai state, representatives from six separatist groups in southern Thailand said they are willing to lay down their arms if Bangkok formalizes peace talks as a national priority.... (read more)... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 1440673999
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Terrorism
August 27, 2015
The Thai Government Is Whitewashing the Bangkok Bombing to Reassure Tourists
By Geng Ngarmboonanant
BANGKOK тАФ Last Monday, my aunt called me at around 7 p.m. A careful and soft-spoken woman, her voice was filled with worry: тАЬTurn on the TV. Huge explosion at Rajprasong. Might be a bomb.тАЭ As she spoke, I heard a wail of sirens stream downtown on the expressway near my house, followed by more wails, and more, and more.... (read more)...
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1226 ... e-tourists
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August 29,2015
Thai PM makes remark at Manila conference during visit to firm up defence, security ties
Raul Dancel Philippines Correspondent In Manila
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday the situation in Bangkok is "now under control", nearly two weeks after Thailand's worst bombing killed 20 people at a popular shrine... (read more)....
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/bangko ... rol-prayut
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Unseen security footage underscores patchy Bangkok blast probe
Fri, Aug 28
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Eleven days after Thailand's deadliest bombing police have yet to review CCTV footage taken minutes after the blast which features a man dressed like the chief suspect, Reuters has found..... (read more).....
http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/id ... 8?irpc=932
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Thirachai rises to top army post
28 Aug 2015
Assistant army chief Thirachai Nakwanich has been confirmed as the new head of the army in a military reshuffle list endorsed by His Majesty the King.... (read more)....
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/securit ... -army-post
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Sat Aug 29, 2015
Thai police say suspect in Bangkok bombing arrested
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Police hunting for the perpetrators of Thailand's deadliest bombing arrested a suspect on Saturday they said fitted the description of a man seen on security cameras leaving a rucksack at the site of the Aug. 17 Bangkok blast.... (read more).....
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSK ... ce=twitter
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BANGKOK BLAST
Turkish embassy denies suspect it citizen
The Nation August 30, 2015
The Turkish embassy in Bangkok denied that the bomb suspect arrested by Thai police and troops on Saturday is a citizen of Turkey, Police spokesman Pol Lt Gen Prawut Thawornsiri said Sunday.
Prawut said it could not yet be confirmed which nationality the suspect belongs to.... (read more).... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakin ... 67752.html
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Peaceful yet violent: the Thai paradox that still baffles the West
Lawrence Osborne 30 August 2015
The scene of the recent bombing at the Erawan shrine has swiftly been remodelled to make it seem as though nothing happened. Upbeat slogans тАУ тАШStronger TogetherтАЩ тАУ and a forensically dubious тАШclean-upтАЩ have gone hand in hand with a media campaign to reassure millions of tourists that they are safe in the Land of Smiles. The Chinese, however, have cancelled many of their vacations and the investigation rumbles on inconclusively, as is often the way with Thai investigations, which usually peter out in a vague inconclusiveness.... (read more)...
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/culturehou ... -the-west/
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Police seek arrest warrants against three more foreigners
The Nation August 30, 2015
Police are seeking arrest warrants against three more foreigners suspected of being involved in Bangkok bomb attacks and having connection with the bomb suspect arrested in Nong Chok on Saturday.... (read more)....
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakin ... 67794.html
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Thai woman sought for bomb attacks
Arrested Erawan blast suspect gives little away
31 Aug 2015
Authorities are hunting for a Thai woman after materials believed to be used for bomb-making were seized from her room at an apartment in Min Buri district..... (read more)..... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/securit ... mb-attacks
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31 August 2015
Bangkok Bombing: Warrants Out for Thai Woman, Foreign Man
BANGKOK тАФ Arrest warrants for a Thai woman and a foreign national suspected of involvement in the bomb attacks earlier this month were issued this afternoon following a second raid conducted in the capitalтАЩs Min Buri district.... (read more)...
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 1441001720
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Bomb pair in Cambodia, say police
PM says gang may have Uighur trafficking links
1 Sep 2015
Police believe the two prime bombing suspects in the Erawan and Sathon pier explosions are hiding in Cambodia and have asked Phnom Penh authorities to hunt them down, a Crime Suppression Division (CSD) source said Monday.... (read more)...
http://bangkokpost.com/news/security/67 ... say-police
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31 August 2015
Redshirt Leader Vows to Defy Charter Campaign Ban
BANGKOK тАФ A top leader of the Redshirt movement announced a campaign to reject the military juntaтАЩs draft constitution will be organized if it goes to a national vote next year.... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Opinion: Songkran Grachangnetara
1 Sep 2015
Charter to deal us a crippling blow
After scanning through what might be Thailand's 20th constitution in more than 80 years, I have to say, in my view it is a nasty piece of work. Imagine the most conniving characters in all of fiction, like Cruella de Vil, Fagin, Lex Luther and Hamlet, got together and decided to write a new constitution for Thailand. This draft would easily be something they could have come up with.... (read more)... http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin ... pling-blow
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Erawan bombing suspect arrested in Cambodia
1 Sep 2015
A foreigner suspected of involvement in last monthтАЩs bombing of the Erawan shrine in Bangkok was arrested in Cambodia and handed over to Thai authorities Tuesday, a police source said.... (read more).... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/securit ... n-cambodia
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Suthep supports draft constitution
1 Sep 2015
The draft constitution to be voted on by the National Reform Council (NRC) on Sept 6 is appropriate to the present situation, former protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said on Tuesday..... (read more)... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politic ... nstitution
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Police nab prime bomb suspect
Confusion emerges over arrest location
2 Sep 2015
Police have arrested a foreign man described by authorities as the prime suspect in the bombing of the Erawan shrine that killed 20 people and injured 130..... (read more)...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/securit ... mb-suspect
http://www.thairath.co.th/media/EyWwB5W ... DQP0wl.jpg
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02 September 2015
Mounting Evidence Links Bombing to Turks, Uighurs
BANGKOK тАФ Moments after word began to spread yesterday of a new arrest in the Erawan Shrine bombing, an image said to be of the manтАЩs passport began circulating, only to be quickly disavowed by authorities.... (read more)....
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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3 Choices of тАШThai DemocracyтАЩ given by the junta
Submitted by editor2 on Wed, 02/09/2015
The decision of the National Reform Council (NRC) to vote for or against the charter draft on 6 September 2015 is a pivot point on where Thai politics would turn. At the end of the line, however, people are given two main choices whether to prolong the life of the Thai junta or to have an elected government by late 2016, which will be lorded over by the тАШCrisis PanelтАЩ, a Thai style тАШPolitburoтАЩ.... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5438
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NRC member queries 'majority votes' requirement for referendum
KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION September 3, 2015
A MEMBER of the National Reform Council has called on his colleagues to shoot down the draft charter, arguing that the conditions for the referendum were flawed and it would be a waste of state funds if it were to go ahead... (read more)...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politic ... 68022.html
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Uighurs under watch as CSD investigates ties to terrorism
3 Sep 2015
The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) is keeping a close watch on around 3,000 ethnic Uighurs in Thailand as authorities investigate possible links between Uighur extremists and the deadly Erawan shrine bombing.... (read more)....
http://bangkokpost.com/news/general/678624
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02 September 2015
Junta Mulls Granting Redshirts Forum Granted to Opponents
BANGKOK тАФ The ruling military junta is considering whether to allow Redshirt leaders to hold a news conference to announce their stance on ThailandтАЩs proposed constitution charter after one was held yesterday by a political archrival.... (read more)...
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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New Erawan bomb suspect arrested in Narathiwat
3 Sep 2015
A Thai Muslim man has been arrested in Narathiwat province, in the far South, and sent to Bangkok on suspicion of involvement in the Aug 17 Erawan shrine bombing, reports said... (read more)... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/securit ... narathiwat
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Exclusive: Who's Really Behind ThailandтАЩs Erawan Shrine Bomb Blast?
The DiplomatтАЩs Shawn Crispin conducts an in-depth investigation into the recent Erawan Shrine bombing.
By Shawn W. Crispin
September 04, 2015
While ThailandтАЩs police claim success in apprehending and identifying foreign suspects in the countryтАЩs deadliest-ever bomb attack, national intelligence agencies are pursuing local actors as the likely masterminds behind the crime. Rather than an act of ideologically-driven international terrorism, as portrayed by security analysts and echoed in media reports, the lethal explosion was more likely an act of local commission, motivated by rising tensions between rival political and security force factions jockeying for position ahead of a high-stakes royal succession... (read more)...
http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/exclusiv ... omb-blast/
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Bombing tied to people smuggling
Govt crackdown may have spurred attack
4 Sep 2015
Police are giving weight to possible connections between the Erawan shrine and Sathon pier bombings and Uighur smuggling rings allowing migrants to flee China and head to Turkey... (read more)... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... -smuggling
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Thu Sep 3, 2015
Special Report: Thai junta hits royal critics with record jail time
By Aubrey BelfordBANGKOK (Reuters) - Just minutes after being locked up for 30 years for insulting ThailandтАЩs monarchy, Pongsak Sriboonpeng described what he thought was the cause of his capture: a poorly chosen Facebook friend..... (read more).... http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0R400X20150904
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Pheu Thai PartyтАЩs Political Standpoint on The Draft Constitution as of 27 August 2015
This draft constitution totally disregards sovereignty of the Thai people. Elected government will be weak and cannot perform. The true power belongs to agencies and mechanism which are designed to maintain the juntaтАЩs power without check and balance. People will lack basic rights and opportunities. Economy will slump. Reconciliation will never be achieved. .... (read more).... http://ptp.or.th/news/232
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NCPO explains why it rejects UDDтАЩs public discussion on draft charter
in Politics | September 5, 2015
National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree explained why the junta has disallowed the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship to hold a public discussion with the media on the draft constitution.... (read more).....
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/ncpo-e ... ft-charter
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05 September 2015
Junta Nixes Redshirt News Conference
BANGKOK тАФ The event and place were to be the same but the hosts different.
Four days after granting permission for supporters to endorse the draft charter, the military government said today it has rejected a request by Redshirt leaders to do the same tomorrow, citing concerns about тАЬnegative attitudes.тАЭ... (read more)...
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Thailand's Army-Backed Council Rejects Charter, Delays Polls
Sep 6, 2015
byGRANT PECK, HRVOJE HRANJSKI, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thailand's military-backed legislature on Sunday rejected an unpopular draft of a new constitution, delaying a return to democracy following a coup last year.. (read more)...
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wir ... s-33566267
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More than the usual coverage in the UK and US. There is a suggestion that more pressure will be put on the Junta, now that a return to democracy is further away than ever; but somehow, I doubt it.
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They must be afraid of who the people would elect..sad.
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Dr Wyn Ellis: British academic detained in Thailand after exposing official as plagiarist
By Kashmira Gander
Sunday 06 September 2015
A British academic, who exposed a Thai official who had plagiarised his work, is being held at a detention centre in Bangkok over allegations he is a threat to national security.... (read more).... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 89026.html
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Drafters 'to blame' for charter rejection
7 Sep 2015
The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) is demanding those behind the botched draft charter must take responsibility for its failure.... (read more).....
http://bangkokpost.com/news/general/682 ... -rejection
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Democracy activists say junta only want to maintain its power after charter draft was rejected
Submitted by editor2 on Mon, 07/09/2015
An anti-junta activist group has urged the junta to step down after the 2015 charter draft was rejected on Sunday, saying that the junta only wants to hold on to its power.... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5451
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Suspect confesses to delivering bag to shrine bomber, police say
8 Sep 2015
Erawan shrine blast suspect Yusufu Mieraili has admitted to delivering the backpack containing the bomb to the yellow-shirted suspect who left it in the Ratchaprasong area, causing the deadly explosion on Aug 17, police sources say.... (read more).....
http://bangkokpost.com/news/security/68 ... police-say
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British academic freed, seeks charges against ex-NIA chief
8 Sep 2015
Wyn Ellis, Supachai Lorlowhakarn, plagiarism, deportation
A United Nations consultant stuck in limbo in Suvarnabhumi airportтАЩs immigration detention centre as a result of a alleged тАЬvendettaтАЭ against him by a National Innovation Agency official is calling on the agency to take тАЬimmediate criminal actionтАЭ against the civil servant..... (read more).... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/securit ... o-thailand
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Opinion: Shrouding Thailand in a facade of happiness won't hide reality
PRAVIT ROJANAPHRUK
September 9, 2015
THAILAND today is a happy land, it's "stronger together" and 99.99 per cent democratic, unless you happen to strongly disagree with junta-leader-cum-Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and the way he runs, or rather controls, the country.... (read more)...
http://linkis.com/nationmultimedia.com/lWruC
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08 September 2015
Rebooting Charter Process Enables Longest Military Rule Since 1969
BANGKOK тАФ The most recent delay to holding elections in Thailand will leave the kingdom living under military rule for the longest time since 1969..... (read more)..... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=