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Thai and Myanmar supporters of National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi rallied in front of the Myanmar Embassy on Sathorn Road in Bangkok on Thursday night. The Myanmar citizens, who live in Thailand, used their mobile phone flashlights as symbols of protest against this Monday’s military coup in Myanmar, led by
Thailand’s Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit attended a hearing at the Criminal Court on Thursday morning to support his petition asking the court to rescind its order to remove, from social media, his comment criticizing the government’s vaccine procurement plan, via Siam Bioscience, which allegedly referred to the monarchy. The Ministry of Digital Economy and
Thailand has been placed fourth in ASEAN, and 73rd in the world, while categorized as one of the world’s “Flawed Democracies,” on the Democracy Index 2020 by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Malaysia ranks at the world’s 39th position, placing it at the top of ASEAN index, followed by the Philippines at number 55, Indonesia at
Three anti-establishment Ratsadon followers are being held in police custody for alleged involvement in a violent protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy on Sathorn Road in Bangkok on Monday. The three, who are also members of the “WeVo” guard, have been charged with violating the Emergency Decree, the Communicable Disease Control Act, illegal assembly
The superintendent of Phu Khieu district police, in Thailand’s northeastern province of Chaiyaphum, has been abruptly transferred after anti-establishment Ratsadon followers hung a banner, demanding reform of the monarchy and protesting against the coup in Myanmar, on the façade of the police station. No action was taken by the police to prevent the banner being
The National League for Democracy (NLD) of Myanmar on Tuesday called for the immediate release of ousted President U Win Myint, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and others detained by the military on Monday when it staged a pre-dawn coup. The Irrawaddy news website said the NLD’s central executive committee said in a statement
The Myanmar military’s seizure of power on Monday follows weeks of tensions with civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her government. Suu Kyi and other top civilian leaders were taken into custody by soldiers on the same day as the first new parliamentary session was due to be held since a national election last November. Here’s
Three people, charged with involvement in the murder of five soldiers, including former deputy chief of staff of the Second Infantry Division Colonel Romkhlao Thuwatham, during a violent anti-government protest near the Democracy Monument in April 2010, were acquitted today (Monday) by the Criminal Court due to insufficient evidence. The three defendants were Sooksek Pholtue,
Thailand’s opposition has agreed to remove a reference to the monarchy, which the government may find provocative, from its censure motion to avoid protests from coalition MPs. Government and opposition whips met on Thursday under the chairmanship of House Speaker Chuan Leekpai to resolve the conflict over part of the motion which reads “…not upholding
A Palang Pracharat MP has threatened to file a lèse majesté charge with the police against opposition MPs who sign in support of a censure motion, against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and nine cabinet ministers, which contains references to the monarchy. Apparently upset with what he alleged is opposition leader Sompong Amornvivat’s broken promise to
Thailand’s Democrat Party is hoping that the Palang Pracharat party, its coalition partner in the government, will keep to the tradition of not fielding a candidate in the by-election in Constituency 3 of Nakhon Si Thammarat province, caused by the stripping of MP status from Thepthai Senpong by the Constitutional Court. Democrat deputy leader Nipit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States rejects China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea beyond what it is permitted under international law and stands with Southeast Asian countries resisting its pressure, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. Blinken made the remarks in a call with Philippine Foreign Minister Teodoro Locsin, the
