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Demonstrators led by Jatupat 'Pai Dao Din' Boonpattarasaksa arrive at Democracy Monument after completing their 247.5-km anti-government march from Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday. Varuth Hirunyatheb Police are working to identify those who hijacked police vehicles and helped two detained anti-government protesters escape during the protests in Bangkok on Saturday evening. Royal Thai Police spokesman Pol Maj Gen Yingyos Thepjamnong said the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) hopes to identify the We Volunteer (WeVo) guards and anti-government protesters under the Restart Democracy (ReDem) banner who were involved in the incident. On Saturday, a crowd of WeVo guards and protesters blocked a convoy of police vehicles taking detained protesters from the protest site in front of Major Cineplex Ratchayothin. They managed to force open the lock on the police vans and free some protesters, including one of WeVo's leaders, Piyarat "Toto" Chonthep. Mr Piyarat was arrested along with several ... » Learn More about Police hunt for van attackers

YANGON: Three protesters were killed in Myanmar on Monday (Mar 8), witnesses said, as demonstrators across the country sought to paralyse the economy with strike action following a weekend of night raids and arrests. Shops, factories and banks were closed in the main city of Yangon. Photos posted on Facebook showed the bodies of two men lying on the street in the northern town of Myitkyina. Witnesses said they were taking part in a protest when police fired stun grenades and tear gas. Several people were then hit by gunfire from buildings nearby. One witness, who said he helped move the bodies, told Reuters two people were shot in the head and died on the spot. Three people were injured. "How inhumane to kill unarmed civilians," said the witness, a 20-year-old man. "We must have our right to protest peacefully." It was not immediately clear who fired on the protesters although both police and the military were at the protest, the witnesses said. At least one person was ... » Learn More about 3 protesters killed in Myanmar; shops and factories closed as workers go on strike

FOUR policemen were arrested on Friday in an anti-illegal drug operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Zambales. Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold Sinas ordered restrictive custody for the arrested men, who were caught in a shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) laboratory. The Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM) was instructed to initiate summary dismissal proceedings against the four policemen. Based on a report of the PDEA, the operation was conducted along Finback West Kalayaan around 1 a.m. The PDEA identified the suspects as Lt. Reynato Basa Jr., Cpl. Gino dela Cruz, Cpl. Edesyr Alipio and Cpl. Godfrey Parentela. Also arrested was a civilian named Jericho Dabu, the report added. Aside from 300 grams of shabu, seized from the four policemen were laboratory equipment for making shabu, service firearms and a car. The suspects are ... » Learn More about 4 policemen nabbed in freeport drug sting

While the summertime can prove a rather dry period for sports fans, this year the return of the oldest and most beloved sporting event in the world will mark a season of excitement instead. The Japan 2020 Olympics, held in its capital Tokyo, will run from July 24th to August 9th, with over 11,000 athletes ready to compete. The games are expected to bring a surge in betting across the country, with the various sports offering an alternative way to get involved with the games. It will surely be an exciting time for both punters and online bookmakers , who will look to capitalize on this massive event and its betting opportunities that the Japanese public isn’t accustomed to. Japan and betting In Japan, the only sports that its people are officially allowed to bet on are horse, bicycle, motorcycle and motorboat racing – with motorboat racing standing as the most popular one. On the streets, Pachinko remains a hot favourite for the Japanese people, with the game ... » Learn More about Betting Boom Expected for the Japan 2020 Olympics

Chonburi – A Chonburi resident damaged three other cars and overturned his own in a major accident over the past weekend that authorities suspect was caused by the usage of illegal drugs. The Mueang Chonburi Police was notified of the accident on Saturday, March 6th, over this past weekend on the Bypass Road in the Baan Suan sub-district around sunset. Police and emergency responders arrived at the scene to find an overturned black sedan lying in the middle of the road. Three other vehicles were damaged nearby, although their drivers were not injured. Inside, rescue staff found an injured man, Mr. Chatchai Thaijiam, 35. The man was stated to be uncooperative with rescue workers and first responders. Emergency staff stated the man was acting “suspiciously and appeared to be searching his damaged vehicle for an unknown possession.” Mueang Chonburi police forcefully removed the driver from the vehicle, later finding a small packet that is under investigation. One ... » Learn More about Chonburi driver hits three other cars, overturns his vehicle, suspected of illegal drug usage

When a woman loses her husband, she is called a widow, or when she as a child she loses a parents, she’s is called an orphan. But what do you call a mother who loses her child? English has no word for it, perhaps because the pain is so unimaginable, there is no word that can describe it. Unfortunately, I’wi Wilaiwan Triton is now that parent. Her 2-year-old son was shot dead during an armed gold store robbery in Lop buri, Thailand. The grieving mother recently shared a heartbreaking post on her Facebook page over the loss of her 2 year-old child.  She apologized for failing to protect their little angel and expressed how she and her husband are “almost suffocating” from their loss. Above all she hopes that he would not suffer such a tragic fate in his next life. The post has since gone viral, with over 104,000 shares. Many Facebook users sending their condolences to the parents in their comments. Sharing the memories of her little angel In the same post, the mum ... » Learn More about Grieving Mother Shares Heartbreaking Story After Son Killed in Gold Heist

ROSARIO, Cavite: A leader of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) in Cavite province was shot dead on Sunday morning. Manny Asuncion was gunned down in a purported raid on the Workers Assistance Center in Dasmariñas City in the province. Asuncion, a well-known Bayan leader in Cavite, has led the group for more than two decades. He was commonly seen at picket lines and his group’s rallies holding placards. Anak Bayan, another left-leaning organization, condemned the killing of Asuncion, whom it said had contributed much to the advancement of people’s rights in Cavite. According to workers group Pamantik-Timog Katagalugan, there is an ongoing crackdown on progressive leaders in Southern Tagalog. In neighboring Laguna province, two labor leaders and a human-rights advocate were arrested also on Sunday morning. Arrested were Steve Mendoza, executive vice president of workers group Olalia Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement), Mags Camoral, Bayan-Laguna ... » Learn More about Bayan leader shot dead in Cavite ‘crackdown’

ZAMBOANGA CITY: An Abu Sayyaf terrorist who fought fiercely with security forces the past eight years has surrendered to the military along with six others after the capture of his wife in Sulu province in southern Philippines. The 35-year-old veteran fighter Jaber Binuri and the six other pro-Islamic State fighters yielded on Wednesday and are being interrogated by security officials. Binuri’s wife Nudsza Ismanu Aslum was among nine women, who were potential suicide bombers, arrested separately in operations mounted by soldiers and police commandos in Sulu last month. Binuri’s wife lied to military interrogators when she said her husband was already dead. The nine women are facing criminal charges after security forces seized improvised explosives from their hideouts. Army Maj. Gen. William Gonzales, commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu, said Aslum and the other women were potential suicide bombers who were planning to conduct inhumane acts of terrorism in Sulu and ... » Learn More about Battle-scarred Abu fighter surrenders

ZAMBOANGA CITY: A Bangladeshi bulk carrier, the Akij Pearl, escaped pirates who tried to board the cargo vessel while sailing off Sibutu Island in the province of Tawi-Tawi near the Malaysian border, reports said. The incident, which occurred on March 3, was only reported on Sunday by the ReCAAP Information Sharing Center, which immediately issued a warning and urged ship master and crew to exercise extra vigilance when transiting the waters off Eastern Sabah and in the Sulu-Celebes Seas, in particular waters off Sibutu Island. ReCAAP stands for Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia. “While the bulk carrier was underway, an unidentified speed boat with three perpetrators on board attempted to board the ship. The master reported the incident to the Philippine Navy Littoral Monitoring Station,” it said. The 190-meter cargo vessel, built in 2005 by the Mitsui Tamano Engineering and Shipbuilding in Japan, departed the port of ... » Learn More about Bangladeshi boat evades pirates