Police told to reassess protest tactics bangkokpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bangkokpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The use of live ammunition against protesters demanding the resignation of the Prayut Chan-o-cha government is an ominous sign that the protests will escalate into prolonged bloodletting.
Cabbie relieved stress by firing stones at cars, buses, restaurants
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published : 29 Apr 2021 at 15:35
23 Phaiwan Aechaiyaphum, 48, wearing a full-face crash helmet, is taken for a re-enactment of his stone attacks in Bangkok, on Thursday. (Photo: Wassayos Ngamkham)
A 48-year-old taxi driver charged with using a slingshot to fire stones at buses, cars and restaurants in Bangkok has told police he was stressed out and felt a need to vent his feelings.
Phaiwan Aechaiyaphum was arrested at a rented room in Suksawat area late Wednesday night, Pol Lt Gen Phukphong Phongpetra, chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said on Thursday.
He allegedly used a slingshot in a series of attacks on restaurants and at buses and cars at the tunnel under Ratchada-Sutthisan intersection between March 19 and April 27.
Infected politicians should face probe
Corruption, law-breaking linked to outbreak: watchdog
published : 11 Apr 2021 at 04:00 Mana: Graft link reignites
A corruption watchdog has called on state agencies to investigate politicians who became infected with Covid-19 after attending bars in the Thong Lor area which is the epicentre of the new surge of infections.
Mana Nimitmongkol, secretary-general of the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT), wrote on Facebook yesterday that corruption and law-breaking were associated with the latest wave of Covid-19 linked to pubs in Thong Lor in Bangkok. This was also the case with the previous round of infections linked with illegal gambling dens and illegal migrants, he said.
Chuvit takes aim at infected politicians bangkokpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bangkokpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.