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Put meat on bike laws
News, Postbag, Published on 03/12/2016
» Re: "Children told not to drive motorbikes", (BP, Nov 30).
Niwattumrong reports to NPOMC
Online Reporters, Published on 23/05/2014
» Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, former acting caretaker prime minister, and some other former cabinet ministers reported at the Royal Thai Army auditorium in Thewes area, Bangkok, on Friday morning in response to a summons by the junta's new National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC).
Showdown? It's just window-dressing
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2014
» The stage was supposedly set for a major showdown on Tuesday. What was not clear was whether it would be a make-or-break confrontation, or just another show of force by the two opposing forces, the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) and the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).
CMPO sets Satish deport deadline
Online Reporters, Published on 11/02/2014
» The Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) has set a Wednesday deadline for the Interior Ministry to seal the fate of Indian businessman Satish Seghal.
Rare act of decency, honesty
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/01/2014
» Finally, there is a police officer who is decent and courageous enough to tell the people the truth about the "men in black" on the rooftop of the Ministry of Labour and the so-called "fake" policemen who violently smashed the windows of a pickup truck in front of the Thai-Japanese stadium in Din Daeng on Dec 26.
Security meeting on parliament rallies
Online Reporters, Published on 30/07/2013
» Security-related agencies would meet this afternoon to settle on measures to cope with the planned political rallies outside the parliament, which is to recovene on Thursday, National Security Council (NSC) chief Paradorn Pattanatabut said on Tuesday.
Going global, for the wrong reasons
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/05/2013
» Civic society groups in Thailand have been doing it for so many years – internationalising local conflicts involving the government so that, hopefully, external pressure will be brought upon the government to resolve the issue.
Government invokes security law
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/11/2012
» Tomorrow's Pitak Siam rally poses a threat to national security, which justifies the invocation of the Internal Security Act (ISA), Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012
» Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.
Thong Lor inspector in hot water over arresting wrong man
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/09/2012
» A Thong Lor police inspector accused of trying to protect the grandson of the Red Bull founder from hit-and-run charges could lose his job – or worse.