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More drugs found on Hong Kong airport arrivals in first 4 months of year than during all of 2023
Published on 30/04/2024
» HONG KONG: The amount of illegal drugs confiscated from air travellers at Hong Kong International Airport soared to 370 kilogrammes in the first four months of the year, a 32% increase over the total amount seized in all of 2023.
67 yellow-shirts acquitted over airport seizure
Online Reporters, Published on 29/03/2024
» Sixty-seven more members of the now-defunct People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) have been acquitted of multiple charges, including inciting public unrest in connection with the seizure of Don Mueang airport in 2008.
2008 airport protesters cleared of insurrection
Published on 17/01/2024
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday dismissed insurrection charges against 32 yellow-shirt activists who led an anti-government protest that shut down Bangkok’s two main international airports in 2008.
Amnesty bill for political protesters submitted
Published on 05/10/2023
» The Move Forward Party on Thursday submitted a bill to give amnesty to political demonstrators since February 2006, expecting it to restore national unity.
Taiwan defends airport against simulated Chinese attack
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Taiwan staged its first-ever military drill at Taoyuan International Airport on Wednesday, briefly halting commercial traffic as soldiers practised defending the facility against a simulated attack by Beijing.
Indictment of the innocent
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 17/02/2019
» It wasn't a good week for those who claim the March 24 general election will be free and fair. The "gateway to resumption of government accountability and democracy building" seemed firmly closed.
Appropriate jailings
News, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2019
» Re: "PAD protests went too far", (Editorial, Feb 14).
PAD protests went too far
News, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2019
» From what began as peaceful street protests against the powerful Thaksin Shinawatra government in 2006, the now-defunct yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) movement got out of control in the following years. It leaders then resorted to extremism and violence, sexed up by hate speech.
Suspect British drug kingpin says confession 'just a script'
AFP, Published on 19/12/2018
» PARIS - A British man suspected of orchestrating one of the most brazen cocaine trafficking shipments to Europe in recent years told a French court Tuesday that his bragging about it was "just a script."
Duties of Asean chair
News, Editorial, Published on 13/11/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will be abroad for much of the next week at the annual Asean summit taking place in Singapore. The main meeting is scheduled for Thursday, but there will also be the usual flurry of official meetings with major partners, as well as unscheduled but vital one-on-one discussions on the sidelines. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, most of the Asean leaders plus many others will meet at the Apec Summit at Port Moresby.