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The Pathumwan District Court rejected a Thai police application, for protest leader Panasaya “Rung” Sitthijirawattanakul to continue to be held on remand. However, court has allowed the police another six days to complete the preparation of the case with public prosecutors. Police want Panasaya to remain held on remand relating to offences they allege she
Opposition whips have rejected the Government’s proposal to set up a multi-party reconciliation committee, to tackle the current political conflict in Thailand, unless Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down first. Mr. Chusak Sirinil, Deputy Leader of the Pheu Thai Party said, after a meeting of opposition whips, that they believe that the barrier to easing
United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), or “Red-shirt” leader, Jatuporn Promphan, has raised questions about the construction of a new US consular office in Thailand’s northern capital of Chiang Mai, at a cost of about nine billion baht, and described the current US administration as not being a good ally of Thailand for its
Thailand is back at a familiar crossroads after lawmakers proposed another national reconciliation committee as a way out of the escalating standoff between anti-establishment protesters and Prayut Chan-o-cha’s government. But with some stakeholders likely to boycott the process or set mutually incompatible conditions, the initiative may quickly collapse or else become a “one-sided” exercise. Critics
Three of Thailand’s prominent protest leaders are to be taken to the Criminal Court in Bangkok on Monday, with the Thai police seeking to have them held on remand on more charges, which were filed against them while they were recuperating at Rama 9 Hospital. The Centre for Human Rights Lawyers, which has been representing
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden showcased their contrasting approaches to the resurgent coronavirus pandemic as they rallied supporters on Thursday in the battleground state of Florida with the clock winding down to Election Day. Opinion polls show Biden with a significant edge nationally, but with a tighter
Anti-establishment demonstrators rallied at three locations in Bangkok today, to protest against the alleged use of violence, by the Government, to disperse peaceful protesters, the alleged biased reportage of the protests by a media outlet and to demand democracy. On the MBK skywalk, at the Pathumwan intersection, some protesting students mocked the Government’s alleged harassment
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun has blamed Section 272 of the Constitution, which enables senators to vote in the election of the Prime Minister, as the source of today’s political conflict. He said that the clause must be deleted from any new Constitution, adding that lèse majesté, or Section 112 of the country’s
Former leader of Thailand’s now defunct Future Forward Party, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, has vowed to fight the Election Commission’s (EC) criminal charges against him, which described as just “pebbles in the shoes”, stemming from a 191.2 million baht loan he extended to the party, In February this year, the country’s Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution
60 MPs, from both coalition and opposition parties, have been cleared by Thailand’s Constitutional Court of holding media shares on the day they registered their candidacy in the general election last year. One Kao Klai party-list MP, however, was stripped of his parliamentary status, after the court found him guilty of owning shares in two
A Pheu Thai MP slashed his left arm with a knife, in the middle of the general debate in the Parliament today (Tuesday), in a dramatic protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Before the event, which shocked the MPs present, Pheu Thai MP Visarn Techathiravat took to the floor to join the debate, after which
Anti-establishment protest leader Anont Nampa is back in jail again, just a day after he was released in Chiang Mai province. The Criminal Court in Bangkok has rejected his bail application, fearing that he might rejoin the protests and cause public unrest if he is released. Anont’s lawyer, Mr. Krisdang Nutcharas, from the Centre of
