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Former red-shirt bosses want death probes sped up
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/01/2023
» Former red-shirt leaders on Monday called on national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas to speed up investigations into the deaths of red-shirt protesters during their 2010 clashes with the military.
Protesters nabbed for injuring cop
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/08/2021
» Two protesters, caught on video injuring a police officer during Sunday's anti-government protest in Bangkok, have been detained along with 27 other protest suspects, Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) commissioner Pol Lt Gen Pakapong Pongpetra said on Monday.
25,000 cops to guard Apec summit
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/11/2022
» Security measures are now in place for the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Bangkok on Nov 18-19, says the national police chief.
NPOMC tracking politicians' money
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/05/2014
» Soldiers acting under an order of the National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC) are overseeing a search for evidence of secret funds transfers involving politicians and protest leaders before the May 22 coup, seeking the money trail.
Cops stand by car smash colleague
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/09/2021
» The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) yesterday defended a policeman who allegedly drove into a group of anti-government protesters on Sunday night in the Din Daeng area, injuring one of them.
Police mobilise 2,000-plus officers
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/07/2021
» A total of 2,250 police will on Sunday be mobilised to bring anti-government protesters who plan to march from Democracy Monument to Government House under control following a blanket announcement banning such gatherings published in the Royal Gazette late on Friday night.
Top cop champions 'back to basics'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/10/2019
» Pol Lt Gen Phukphong Phongpetra, the newly appointed chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, is known for his experience in handling emergency situations such as political protests and bomb attacks as well as cooperating with the military on national security in the deep South.
Senior monks defrocked after raids
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/05/2018
» Six senior monks including well-known activist monk Phra Buddha Isara have been defrocked after they were denied bail in court, resulting in them being sent to jail following their arrest Thursday.
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.