Cambodia frees Thai man arrested while foraging in border forest
A THAI man who was arrested for illegally entering Cambodia after being caught foraging in a border forest was handed over to Thailand this morning (May 15), Naewna newspaper said. This is a positive sign of cooperation between the two neighbouring countries and helps reduce tension along the border to some extent. The release […]
Read MoreThaksin greets crowds of Red Shirts upon being released on parole
FORMER prime minister/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra stepped out of Klong Prem Central Prison at 7.50 a.m. this morning (May 11) after being granted parole and was welcomed by his family, this camp’s leaders and big crowds of Red Shirts who had travelled here from various provinces, Naewna newspaper said. At 8 […]
Read MoreThailand releases 18 Cambodian PoWs
THAILAND released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war (PoWs) at 10 a.m. today (Dec. 31) as the 72-hour ceasefire signed last Saturday passed without major mishap, Naewna newspaper said. They have been held since the first round of fighting last July and were set free at Ban Phak Krad permanent border checkpoint, Pong Nam Ron […]
Read More5 ex-Red Shirt leaders bailed out in 2010 protest case
FIVE former leaders of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), commonly called Red Shirts, were released on bail after the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek road sentenced them along with their associates, totaling 13 defendants, to jail on charges of attempting to oust the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva and storming the home of […]
Read MoreMyanmar releases 4 Thai fishermen, 3 Filipinos
MYANMAR’S State Planning and Administration Council sent a letter to the border authorities of Dawei district late last night (March 27) notifying that the sentences of four Thai fishermen and three Filipinos have been reduced and waived and they are now to be deported, Thai Rath newspaper said early this morning. The four Thai […]
Read More7,000 scam hub victims being sent to Thailand from Myanmar
AS MANY AS 7,000 victims of call centre gangs holed up along the Thai-Myanmar border are being released and sent across to Thailand on top of 261 who did so today (Feb. 12), Amarin TV said, Deputy Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumthan Wechayachai said he got word of 261 scam operation victims coming across at […]
Read More8 women among 61 scam centre victims released as minister visits Mae Sot
AMONG the 61 victims from seven countries lured to work at the scam hub in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, opposite Thailand’s Mae Sot town, released today (Feb. 6) are eight women, Naewna newspaper said, Rachamanu Task Force revealed that the 61 victims who had been working at the notorious Shwe Kokko scam centre in Myawaddy […]
Read MoreCaptured fishermen not among 151 Thais released on Myanmar Independence Day
By Naewna and AP – published by Yahoo!News ALTHOUGH Myanmar released 151 Thais today (Jan. 4) in marking its 77th anniversary of independence from Britain the four Thai fishermen captured by Myanmar navy in an attack on Thai trawlers on Nov. 30 and now sentenced to four to six years in jail were not […]
Read MoreEx-commerce minister Boonsong released on parole after 7 years in jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER COMMERCE MINISTER-turned-convict Boonsong Teriyabhirom was released on parole today (Dec. 2) after he had served seven years in jail in relation to a graft-riddled rice subsidy scheme run by a previous Pheu Thai government. Boonsong who was today released from a prison hospital in Bangkok and heading for his […]
Read MoreTelegram’s Durov charged in France, banned from leaving country
By AFP and published by CNA Paris – France on Wednesday (Aug. 28) charged Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, with a litany of violations related to the messaging app and banned him from leaving the country while allowing the billionaire to walk free after four days under arrest. Durov, 39, was […]
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