Snatched from Hospital Room, Activist Tells Associates
BANGKOK — Sedition suspect Thanet Anantawong, released on bail last night, said plainclothes security officers arrested him inside his room at Sirindhorn Hospital while he was consulting with nurses in the pre-surgery ward on the building’s seventh floor, his associates said today.
Circumstances of Patient’s Arrest from Hospital Disputed
BANGKOK— A largely unknown activist became the subject of a social media maelstrom when his friends described him being pulled from his sickbed at a public hospital Sunday by uniformed security forces.
Online Freedom to Slide Further, Online Activists Predict
BANGKOK — A single screenshot of a Facebook message led to the accusation. The accusation led to a charge of defaming the monarchy and a year, so far, in jail. Later this month, human rights lawyer Sasinan Thamnithinan said, a military tribunal will decide her client's guilt not from any material evidence but a jailhouse confession which became the entire case against him.
Condition of Suspect Removed from Hospital Unknown
BANGKOK — Doctors at a hospital where a patient was removed and taken into military custody said they have received no information about his medical condition from authorities.
Woman Convicted of Sedition for Facebook Rumor
BANGKOK — A woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for lese majeste and sedition, her lawyer confirmed today.
Life Sentence for Redshirt Leader Accused of City Hall Arson Attack
UBON RATCHATHANI — The Supreme Court handed out a death sentence yesterday to a Redshirt leader in the northeast – which was reduced to a lifetime sentence – for allegedly torching a provincial city hall during political unrest five years ago.
Suthep Denies Planning New Party with Sukhumbhand
BANGKOK — Former protest leader and Democrat Party member Suthep Thaugsuban today denied rumors he was preparing to launch a new political party with the governor of Bangkok.
Officers Snatch Pre-Op Patient from Hospital
By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK — Concerns have been raised about the health of a man arrested and whisked away by plainclothes officers Sunday from Sirindhorn Hospital in eastern Bangkok, where he was awaiting surgery.
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK — Concerns have been raised about the health of a man arrested and whisked away by plainclothes officers Sunday from Sirindhorn Hospital in eastern Bangkok, where he was awaiting surgery.
Facebooker Charged For Defaming Royal Dog ‘Tong Daeng’
BANGKOK — In a first-ever case of its kind, suspected lese majeste offender Thanakorn Siripaiboon has been accused of violating the law against defaming the monarchy by spreading “sarcastic” content which mocked His Majesty the King’s dog, Tong Daeng.
Activist’s Mother Catapulted into Political Fame and Fray
By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK — Being the mother of a prominent student activist is tough. You get calls from the junta using carrot and stick to ask about his whereabouts, you get summoned, and when those tactics don’t work, you’re accused of being paid off by some politician or another.
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK — Being the mother of a prominent student activist is tough. You get calls from the junta using carrot and stick to ask about his whereabouts, you get summoned, and when those tactics don’t work, you’re accused of being paid off by some politician or another.
