‘Big House’, party-skipping contestants upping the ante to win: Thammasat political scientist
By Thai Newsroom Reporters “BIG HOUSE” and party-skipping contestants running in constituency-based mode are upping the ante of their “ammunition” in an all-out effort to outvote rival candidates who may be only vying with campaign policies and hypes in the Feb.8 election, concluded a noted academic today (Jan.20). The “Big House” candidates and those […]
Read MoreAiling ex-Red Shirt leader jailed over 2010 protests
THE Supreme Court today (Jan. 20) upheld a five-year, four-month sentence against a key member of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), commonly called Red Shirts, Mr. Yoswarit Chuglom, aka Jeng Dokjik, even though he is undergoing treatment for a stroke, and life imprisonment sentence against another prominent Red Shirt member Mr. Suksek […]
Read MoreGunfight erupts as troops move in to arrest Yala petrol pump fire suspects
SHOOTING broke out in far south Yala province when a team of soldiers and policemen moved in to arrest a group of insurgents suspected to have bombed and set fire to 11 petrol pumps earlier this month, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan 20). Col. Yuthanam Phetmuang, a spokesperson of the Internal Security Operations Command […]
Read MoreCambodian social media rocked by rumour of Hun Sen suffering a stroke
CAMBODIAN social media is in turmoil after an exiled activist spread a rumour that senior leader Hun Sen has suffered a stroke with some speculating that this is merely an attempt to avoid meeting China’s assistant minister for public security Liu Zhongyi during his visit, PPTVHD36 said last evening (Jan. 19). Mr. Pang Sokheoun, […]
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