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Re: Protests update
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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Re: Protests update
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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Re: Protests update
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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Re: Protests update
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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Re: Protests update
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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Re: Protests update
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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Re: Protests update
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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Re: Protests update
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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Re: Protests update
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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Re: Protests update
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=