South Korean court hands life term to ex‑president Yoon in insurrection trial
By Reuters and published by CNA SEOUL – A South Korean court ordered life in jail on Thursday (Feb. 19) for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, after holding him guilty on charges of abuse of authority and masterminding an insurrection, stemming from his December 2024 attempt to impose martial law. Prosecutors had sought the […]
Read MoreThai troops start dismantling former Khmer refugee camp
THE Thai army today (Oct. 21) started dismantling a former Cambodian refugee camp located within Thai territory at Sa Kaeo province to handover the land to local villagers, Amarin TV said. Burapha Task Force sent Task Force 21 along with heavy machinery to this former refugee camp at Ban Nong Chan village, Non Mak […]
Read MoreNearly 200 ex-senators oppose Pheu Thai-designed casino, online gambling scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEARLY 200 FORMER SENATORS have aired stern opposition to the ruling Pheu Thai’s disputable scheme to open casinos and legalise online gambling and insisted that the coalition government give it up now. Led by former Senate speakers Manoonkrit Roopkhachorn, Thiradej Meepian and Pornpet Wichitchonchai, the 189 former senior lawmakers today […]
Read MoreMinister to probe Joe Ferrari being found hanged in prison
JUSTICE Minister Thavi Sodsong said an investigation of the death of Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon, aka Superintendent Joe Ferrari, who had been jailed for life for intentionally torturing a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags and was found hanged at Klong Prem Central Prison would be undertaken, Thai Rath newspaper said today […]
Read MoreArrest warrant out for Cambodian in murder of ex-MP in Bangkok
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for a Cambodian man on charges of hiring a former Thai Marine gunman to kill ex-Cambodian MP Mr. Lim Kimya in Bangkok’s Banglamphu area on Jan. 7, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 channel said this morning (Jan. 15). Three charges have been filed against Mr. Rattanaraksmey Ly, whose Thai […]
Read MoreSuspect in killing of ex-Khmer MP refuses to name mastermind
AFTER several hours of interrogation today (Jan. 12) the suspect in the killing of a former Cambodian MP in Banglamphu area of Bangkok last Tuesday revealed almost all the information holding back on naming the mastermind who he said was his benefactor, TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police station investigators said Mr. Ekalak […]
Read MoreThai-Cambodian police team chase, arrest suspect in murder of ex-Khmer MP
A THAI POLICE team chased a suspect wanted in the murder of former Cambodian MP Lim Kimya in Banglamphu area of Bangkok to Cambodia’s Battambang province and joined forces with their Khmer counterparts in capturing him at 4.30 p.m. today (Jan. 8), Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said late this evening. National Police Chief […]
Read MoreEx-Khmer MP killed in Bangkok allegedly at order of powers-that-be in Phnom Penh
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF a powerful regime in Phnom Penh could possibly have masterminded clandestine, cross-border missions to fatally muffle Cambodian dissidents abroad with yesterday’s murder of a former Khmer MP in Bangkok for instance, Fair MP Kannavee Suebsang said today (Jan.8). The Thai lawmaker was responding to the killing of […]
Read MoreBig hunt for hitman in murder of former Cambodian MP, target pointer likely involved
POLICE are urgently hunting for a suspect in the murder of a former Cambodian MP in the heart of Bangkok last evening (Jan. 7) while certain he was helped by a second person who pointed out the target with this person possibly being a member of the same tour group, TV Channel 7 said […]
Read MoreArrest warrant out for hired gun who shot dead former Cambodian MP in Bangkok
THE Criminal Court this morning (Jan. 8) approved a warrant for the arrest of a hired gun who goes by the name “Sergeant Em Kongruea” on the charges of killing former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya, 74, in the heart of Bangkok last evening, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police […]
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