Thai Police Likely To Storm Airports
By D. Arul Rajoo
BANGKOK, Nov 27 (Bernama) — Thai authorities are preparing to storm the Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports Thursday night to disperse anti-government protesters after the Cabinet declared a state of emergency at the country’s main ga... Read more.
Written on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 | Posted in
Malaysia News
Police families urge Chinese embassy to inspect tear gas
BANGKOK, Oct 17 (TNA) – Relatives of Thai police officers on Friday submitted a letter urging China’s ambassador to Thailand to carry out a quality control inspection of Chinese-made tear gas used by police to disperse protesters in Ba... Read more.
Written on Friday, October 17th, 2008 | Posted in
General News
Human Rights group decries Oct 7 violence
Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission concluded on Monday that violence was used by the police during their operation to disperse the anti-government demonstrators on October 7, according to a commissioner.
National Human Rights Commissioner Sura... Read more.
Written on Monday, October 13th, 2008 | Posted in
Breaking News
Violence used in crowd dispersal: National Human Rights Commissioner
BANGKOK (TNA) - Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission concluded on Monday that violence was used by the police during their operation to disperse the anti-government demonstrators on October 7, according to a commission... Read more.
Written on Monday, October 13th, 2008 | Posted in
General News
Results from teargas demonstration to be known in two days
BANGKOK (TNA) — Army and police explosives experts on Sunday demonstrated the firing of all six types of teargas currently possessed by the Thai police, with an aim to dispell criticism that police used deadly explosives other than tea... Read more.
Written on Sunday, October 12th, 2008 | Posted in
General News
POST BAG
A govt of terror
When the first attack on the protesters was reported, I thought that (some) members of the police force who were under-trained/under-educated/under an unqualified command, or a mix of all this, had just overacted and that the commander would come forward to rectify the situ... Read more.
Written on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | Posted in
General News
Police use soft approach on anti-government protesters : PM Somchai
By Piyanart Srivalo
Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat believed Thai police have used “soft approach” on protesters following police’s using tear gas to disperse the protest on Monday morning.
PM’s Secretary Ge... Read more.
Written on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | Posted in
Top Stories
Police fire tear gas at protesters at Parliament
By The Nation
Dozens of protesters injured; one lost leg
Thai police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters who block the Parliament on Pichai road on Tuesday morning, seriously injuring at least three.
The police raid at 6.20am came to pave the... Read more.
Written on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 | Posted in
Top Stories
Thai police use “soft approach” on anti-government protesters
Piyanart Srivalo
The Nation (Thailand)
Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat believed Thai police have used “soft approach” on protesters following police’s using tear gas to disperse the protest on Monday morning... Read more.
Written on Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 | Posted in
Asia News
Thai police fire tear gas to disperse demonstrators; 118 injured
By SUTIN WANNABOVORN, AP
BANGKOK, Thailand –– Thai riot police clashed Tuesday with thousands of protesters who b
arricaded Parliament and vowed to block the government from leaving, a bold new tactic that intensified a six-week po... Read more.
Written on Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 | Posted in
Political News