-
Re: Protests update
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
-
Re: Protests update
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
-
Re: Protests update
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
-
Re: Protests update
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
-
Re: Protests update
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
-
Re: Protests update
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
-
Re: Protests update
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
-
Re: Protests update
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
-
Re: Protests update
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/
-
Re: Protests update
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