Thailand Live Friday 28 Mar 2014

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UPDATE:

PM Yingluck reluctant to meet anti-graft committee Monday
By English News



BANGKOK, March 28 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra admitted today she was deeply concerned with her required clarifications to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on alleged irregularities in the rice pledging scheme on Monday.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/714595-yingluck-calls-on-nacc-to-treat-her-like-other-politicians/page-2#entry7620311

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PTT opens 1st fully self-service petrol station,located in Srinagarin area,30 satang/litre cheaper than normal station,more stations planned /MCOT

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CAPO will prosecute protesters who have besieged government offices

BANGKOK, 28 March 2014 (NNT) – The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) vowed to prosecute all protesters who have besieged government offices in the past few months and declared that it is ready to handle the chaos that may occur tomorrow during PDRC’s upcoming big demonstration.

Pol. Lt. Col. Unchulee Thirawongpaisan, an officer with CAPO, said today that officials have been instructed to quickly investigate and prosecute the three accused who fired M79 grenades at the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

The officials have been instructed to be fair to all parties but to prosecute all who had besieged government offices and threatened the government officials’ work. There are currently 35 cases in total 32 cases are against the PDRC and another three cases are against the Radio Broadcasters for Democracy who previously besieged the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

CAPO also spoke about PDRC’s big demonstration tomorrow and have promised that the police and military officers will help direct traffic for people. Moreover, rapid response teams will be put on alert and closely monitoring the situation in case emergency situations arise so that they can immediately reach the areas that are at risk.


-- NNT 2014-03-28

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There will be no toll charged on the Bang Na-Chon Buri section of the expressway during the Songkran holiday: Expressway Auithority of Thailand /Bangkok Post

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Laksi Clash Victim's Family Upset By NHRC's 'Negligence'
By Khaosod English

Rescue workers respond to Mr. Arkaew Saelew moments after he was shot, 1 February 2014

BANGKOK: -- Daughter of the elderly man paralysed by the pre-election violence last month has publicly called on the national human rights body to assist their family.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/714638-laksi-clash-victims-family-upset-by-nhrcs-negligence/

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Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has dismissed rumours that her family will take a year-long break from politics. /Bangkok Post

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Police find cache of war weapons near NACC
The Nation:

BANGKOK: -- Police seized an M79 launcher, six M79 grenades and four hand grenades along with several other weapons in a raid on Thursday night, and discovered that the grenades had the same lot numbers as those used in earlier attacks.

Pol General Aek Angsananont, deputy commissioner general of the Royal Thai Police, said the weapons were found near the rally site of red-shirt group outside the National Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters. The police had come over to check the area after two M79 grenades were fired at the NACC compound earlier in the night.

Aek said the weapons had been left on a deserted plot at the mouth of Soi Nonthaburi 46 in a green cloth bag. The cache seized included two M79 cartridges, a .45 revolver with 44 rounds of ammunition and 39 rounds of 7.62mm calibre ammunition and four RGD-5 hand grenades.

A police source said the M79 grenades had the same lot number as those fired at the Thai PBS head office on February 26, while the RDG-5 grenades had the same lot number as those used in previous attacks in Bangkok's Bang Na area, Chon Buri and Nonthaburi.

Apart from seizing the war weapons on Thursday night, police also arrested four armed suspects.

The suspects were identified as Chuchart Chusiri, 33; Ratanapong Inthararangsi, 35; Samai Boonnarn, 60; and Kompakorn Kohkaew, 46; and were found hanging out with the security guards of the red-shirt People's Radio for Democracy group near the NACC headquarters.

Chuchart was caught carrying a shotgun with 38 rounds of ammunition, while Ratanapong was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle with 120 rounds of ammunition and two RGD-5 grenades. Samai had a home-made gun along with 11 rounds of 9mm ammunition, while Kompakorn was nabbed as he is wanted for car theft.

-- The Nation 2014-03-28

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