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City ramps up security for Quds Day
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/03/2026
» Bangkok police have stepped up security ahead of International Quds Day on Friday, monitoring potential protests and sensitive sites amid concerns that tensions linked to conflict in the Middle East could spark unrest.
Drug raid uncovers hidden room
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/10/2025
» Police have arrested eight suspects -- seven foreign nationals and one Thai -- following a major drug raid in Bangkok's Nana area, uncovering a concealed drug room in a barbershop inside a five-storey commercial building, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) says.
Police bust Indian scam gang for kidnapping
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/04/2025
» An Indian scam gang has been arrested in Thailand after abducting two fellow countrymen and demanding a ransom of 2.5 million rupees (approximately 976,000 baht) for each victim.
Court reduces Suthep's jail term to 1 year
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/06/2024
» The Court of Appeal on Thursday reduced the prison sentence of Suthep Thaugsuban, convicted of leading the Bangkok Shutdown political protests in early 2014, from five years to one year, with no suspension, according to Mr Suthep’s lawyer Sawat Charoenpol.
2014 election disrupter avoids jail
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/05/2024
» The Supreme Court has handed an eight-month jail term, suspended for two years, to a protest leader involved in obstructing the general election in 2014.
MFP MP gets 2 years for lese majeste
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/05/2024
» The Thanyaburi Provincial Court on Monday sentenced Move Forward Party MP Chonthicha Jangrew to two years in prison for royal defamation under Section 112 of the Criminal Code.
Former red-shirt leader seeks new probe into 2010 political deaths
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/02/2024
» A former co-leader of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) has called upon the ruling Pheu Thai Party to form an independent committee to reinvestigate the violent handling of street protests in April 2010, which resulted in scores of deaths.
Hunger-striker's father presses for her release
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/02/2024
» The father of hunger-striking activist Tantawan “Tawan” Tuatulanon has promised he will persuade her to steer clear of any political activities if she is granted bail.
Activists vow to step up Thaksin protest
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/01/2024
» Students and the People's Network for Thailand Reform (STR) are planning to step up their protest against what they believe has been preferential treatment given to convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra by camping outside Government House from Feb 2.
Foreign suspects arrested by immigration police in 3 cases
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/11/2023
» Six foreign nationals - four Pakistanis, one Italian and one Russian - were arrested in three separate cases during the past week, Immigration Bureau deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Pantana Nuchanart said at a press conference on Thursday.