Anti-Prayut protesters occupy street outside Government House, standoff with police
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS today (August 23) peacefully occupied an empty street near Government House with intent to spend the night over there waiting for more people to join tomorrow and to mount pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down upon the end of his eight-year rule. The anti-Prayut […]
Read MoreProtesters hold curse ritual at Democracy Monument
ONE of the groups of protesters rallying to pressure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down as his eight-year rule ends today (August 23) held a ceremony to curse him at the Democracy Monument, INN News and Sanook.com said. This ceremony, which started at 5.30 p.m., involved burning salt and chillies and an image […]
Read MoreThai tourists detained in S.Korea after guide abandons them
TWO GROUPS of Thai tourists filed a complaint with the Office of the Consumer Protection Board that they were detained in South Korea after their tour guide abandoned them despite having forced them to pay extra charges, Amarin TV said this afternoon (August 23). Their lawyer Mr Ratchapol Sirisakorn took 30 of the 71 […]
Read MoreArab bikers racing on Pattaya roads rounded up
PATTAYA police arrested some Arab motorcyclists who have been troubling local residents as they noisily raced up and down some Pattaya roads blaring the horn but a few of them managed to escape, Naewna newspaper said today (August 23). Pol. Col. Kulchat Kulchai, superintendent of Pattaya police station, and a team of more than […]
Read MorePolice place containers, roll out barbed wire around Govt House
AS EARLY as 5 a.m. this morning (August 23) police started placing containers and metal barriers plus rolled out barbed wire around the Government House to prevent several groups of demonstrators pressuring Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down from getting close to the compound, Matichon newspaper said. The protesters had announced that they would […]
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