Prayuth to Add 30 ‘Mostly Military’ to Rubber-Stamp Parliament
BANGKOK — The interim parliament on Friday voted unanimously to increase its membership from 220 to 250 in line with the military government’s request for more lawmakers to move a backlog of legislation before next year’s election.
No Peace in Deep South Without Justice, Legal Activist Says
BANGKOK — Respect for human rights is necessary to achieve peace in the Deep South, said a human rights lawyer charged with defamation for publishing a report on the alleged use of torture by security forces there.
You Just Got 44’d : Prayuth Suspends Bangkok Governor
BANGKOK — Invoking his emergency power, junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha on Thursday suspended the governor of Bangkok indefinitely without pay, citing an ongoing graft investigation against him.
Senate Will Only Nominate a PM in Event of Deadlock, Lawmakers Say
BANGKOK — The Senate under the new constitution will have an authority to nominate its own candidates as Prime Minister only if the upper and lower houses failed to choose one, leading members of the current parliament said.
Activist ‘Pai Dao Din’ Freed on Bail, For Real This Time
KHON KAEN — A military court in Khon Kaen province on Tuesday agreed to set an anti-junta activist free on bail, ending his two weeks of imprisonment.
After Historic Defeat, Fractured Opposition Unlikely to Challenge Junta
BANGKOK — Things are looking bleak for opponents of the military regime which has been in power since May 2014.
More Than 20 People Carried Out Southern Bomb Attacks, Police Say
BANGKOK — Police believe more than 20 people were involved in the wave of explosions and firebombs that struck seven provinces during Mother’s Day holidays, but only one arrest warrant has been issued so far.
‘Revolutionary Group’ All Talk But No Solid Plan, Activists Say
BANGKOK — A Redshirt group accused of plotting armed insurrection against the military junta has no capability of doing such a thing, two people...
Former Thai Political Prisoners Band Together ‘For Friends’
BANGKOK — When Patiwat ‘Bank’ Saraiyam took the stage Saturday night at the Royal Rattanakosin Hotel to play mor lam for the first time in public following his surprise release days earlier from prison, it proved an auspicious time and place to launch a group dedicated to supporting prisoners of conscience.
Wait Not Over For Loved Ones of Jailed ‘Wolf Bride’ Actress
BANGKOK — Two farmers from Phitsanulok province continued waiting outside a Bangkok women’s prison for Pornthip Munkong to go free Friday, much as they did every day last week.
