Red Shirts threaten to rally for release of key leader
Members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), dubbed Red Shirt movement, will travel from their villages in the North and Northeast on Wednesday evening to visit their detained key leader Arisman Pongruangrong and demand his release on Thursday.
"Some 5,000 reds in the North and other 5,000 in the Northeast are planning to rally for Arisman," said Anont Saennan, leader of the group in Udon Thani, Red Shirts' stronghold. Spearheaded by Anont, thousands of Red Shirts' villages have been set up throughout the northern and northeastern provinces.
Arisman was among other 19 Red Shirt leaders, charged with terrorism for their alleged roles in instigating the crowd to stage violent protests against the then Abhisit Vejjajiva government during March-May, 2010. Arisman had fled the rally site before it was called off on May 19 when the government eventually resorted to the military forces for the forceful dispersal which resulted in 91 deaths and some 1,900 injuries.
He finally turned himself in to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) early December after over one and a half years ' on the run, but the Criminal Court turned down his bail bids twice in a row.
Editor: Fang Yang
English.news.cn 2011-12-21 13:21:20
BANGKOK, Dec. 21 (Xinhua)
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Thai defense chief arrives in Cambodia for troop pullout talks
Thai defense chief arrives in Cambodia for troop pullout talks
Thai Defense Minister Gen. Yuthasak Sasiprapha, accompanied by the Army Chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha and other Thai senior defense officials, arrived here on Wednesday morning for the 8th meeting of Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee (GBC).
The delegation arrived here by a special aircraft of Royal Thai Air Force. At the Phnom Penh International Airport, the minister was welcomed by Cambodian four-star Gen. Neang Phat, secretary of state of the Ministry of Defense and other high-ranking military officials.
The visiting Yuthasak and his Cambodian counterpart Gen. Tea Banh will chair the 8th GBC meeting, said Neang Phat.
The meeting will focus on general security cooperation along the border and will discuss a time frame for both sides'troop redeployment from the newly defined demilitarized zone near Preah Vihear temple to comply with the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), he added.
Cambodia and Thailand have had sporadic border conflict over territorial dispute near Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple since the UNESCO listed the temple as a World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008. Thailand claims the ownership of 4.6 square kilometers (1.8 square miles) of scrub next to the temple.
On July 18, the ICJ ordered Cambodia and Thailand to immediately withdraw their military personnel from the provisional demilitarized zone covering about 17 square kilometers on the disputed border near Preah Vihear temple and to allow ASEAN observers access to the zone to monitor ceasefire.
English.news.cn 2011-12-21 10:36:28
Thai Defense Minister Gen. Yuthasak Sasiprapha, accompanied by the Army Chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha and other Thai senior defense officials, arrived here on Wednesday morning for the 8th meeting of Cambodia-Thailand General Border Committee (GBC).
The delegation arrived here by a special aircraft of Royal Thai Air Force. At the Phnom Penh International Airport, the minister was welcomed by Cambodian four-star Gen. Neang Phat, secretary of state of the Ministry of Defense and other high-ranking military officials.
The visiting Yuthasak and his Cambodian counterpart Gen. Tea Banh will chair the 8th GBC meeting, said Neang Phat.
The meeting will focus on general security cooperation along the border and will discuss a time frame for both sides'troop redeployment from the newly defined demilitarized zone near Preah Vihear temple to comply with the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), he added.
Cambodia and Thailand have had sporadic border conflict over territorial dispute near Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple since the UNESCO listed the temple as a World Heritage Site on July 7, 2008. Thailand claims the ownership of 4.6 square kilometers (1.8 square miles) of scrub next to the temple.
On July 18, the ICJ ordered Cambodia and Thailand to immediately withdraw their military personnel from the provisional demilitarized zone covering about 17 square kilometers on the disputed border near Preah Vihear temple and to allow ASEAN observers access to the zone to monitor ceasefire.
English.news.cn 2011-12-21 10:36:28
Thai PM meets Myanmar opposition leader in Yangon
Thai PM meets Myanmar opposition leader in Yangon
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra met with Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), at the Thai Embassy here Tuesday evening, the Thai embassy sources confirmed.
The state-run Myanmar Radio and Television also reported the pair's meeting in a night broadcast.
Coming over from Nay Pyi Taw as part of her official trip to Myanmar following the end of the 4th Summit of the six-country Greater Mekong Subregion-Economic Cooperation (GMS), Yingluck is the first prime minister of Thailand meeting with Suu Kyi.
The sources did not disclose the details about their meeting.
During her brief visit in Yangon, she paid homage to Myanmar's sacred Shwedagon Pagoda before departure for home.
Yingluck arrived Nay Pyi Taw Monday on an official visit to Myanmar and attended the six-country 4th GMS summit held in the capital earlier on Tuesday, during the sideline of which Myanmar President U Thein Sein had a bilateral meeting with Yingluck and matters relating to energy cooperation, construction of Myawaddy- Kawkareik motor road and Dawei deep-sea port were discussed according to the radio report.
She was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na- Ranong, five ministers , six deputy ministers and 37 delegates.
Yingluck once paid a short visit to Myanmar on Oct. 5.
Thailand represented the second in Myanmar's foreign investment line-up with 9.568 billion dollars in 61 projects.
Editor: Mu Xuequan
English.news.cn 2011-12-20 22:45:33
YANGON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua)
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra met with Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), at the Thai Embassy here Tuesday evening, the Thai embassy sources confirmed.
The state-run Myanmar Radio and Television also reported the pair's meeting in a night broadcast.
Coming over from Nay Pyi Taw as part of her official trip to Myanmar following the end of the 4th Summit of the six-country Greater Mekong Subregion-Economic Cooperation (GMS), Yingluck is the first prime minister of Thailand meeting with Suu Kyi.
The sources did not disclose the details about their meeting.
During her brief visit in Yangon, she paid homage to Myanmar's sacred Shwedagon Pagoda before departure for home.
Yingluck arrived Nay Pyi Taw Monday on an official visit to Myanmar and attended the six-country 4th GMS summit held in the capital earlier on Tuesday, during the sideline of which Myanmar President U Thein Sein had a bilateral meeting with Yingluck and matters relating to energy cooperation, construction of Myawaddy- Kawkareik motor road and Dawei deep-sea port were discussed according to the radio report.
She was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na- Ranong, five ministers , six deputy ministers and 37 delegates.
Yingluck once paid a short visit to Myanmar on Oct. 5.
Thailand represented the second in Myanmar's foreign investment line-up with 9.568 billion dollars in 61 projects.
Editor: Mu Xuequan
English.news.cn 2011-12-20 22:45:33
YANGON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua)
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