Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan on December 7 reiterated that the junta will maintain its three-year-old ban on political activities.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha voiced his concerns about national security after the discovery of a cache of military-grade weapons in a swamp in Chachoengsao province, reported Thai media on December 5.
A Thai woman suspected of facilitating the 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing in Bangkok, Thailand, was arrested upon her arrival from Turkey at Suvarnabhumi Airport on November 22.
Thailand has revoked the passports of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who has yet to publicly emerge since she slipped out of the country two month ago.
Security forces in southern provinces of Thailand have been vigilant over possibilities of increasing violence on the founding day of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) rebel group (October 25).
Thai police announced on October 3 that fugitive former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had left the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the United Kingdom.
Thai police have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to revoke former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s passports, the foreign ministry announced on September 30.
Thailand’s Supreme Court on September 27 imposed a five-year imprisonment on former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over charges of negligence in a rice subsidy scheme.
Cambodian government officials on September 14 denied claims that former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra fled Thailand via Cambodia to escape a court judgment last month.
A Bangkok court on August 25 sentenced former Thai commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom to 42 years in prison after finding him guilty of falsifying government-to-government rice deals between Thailand and China.
Thai authorities have taken measures to tighten security in the fear of reprisal attacks ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Erawan shrine bomb blast in Bangkok, Thailand.
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra declared her innocence on August 1 at the Supreme Court over allegations of mishandling a multibillion dollar rice subsidy scheme.
Thai police revealed that Watana Pumret, aged 62, a former engineer of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, is the suspect of the bombing at a military hospital in Bangkok in May.
At least six people, including two women who were identified as Vietnamese citizens, were killed in a traffic accident on June 13 in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province, 200 kilometers to the northeast of Bangkok.
At least two parcels containing eight M67 grenades and many bullets were discovered on June 2 at a private courier shop in Phahon Yothin Road, Bang Khen district, Bangkok, Thailand, according to the country’s police.
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