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Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung speaks at a news conference Friday. Pic: AP.

Lebanese held as terror warning issued in Bangkok

By AP News Sat, Jan 14, 2012 12:24PM UTC View Comments

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police were questioning a Lebanese man with alleged links to Hezbollah militants as the U.S. Embassy and Israel warned Friday of a “real and credible” terrorist threat against Americans and Israelis in Bangkok. Police said a bombing had been planned and another suspect was at large. The warning comes during heightened...

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Chalerm, military, and lese majeste – Part 2

By Bangkok Pundit Wed, Dec 28, 2011 9:30AM UTC Comments Off

In the previous post, BP looked at the increasing government crackdown on lese majeste particularly the blocking of web sites. This arose after Chalerm’s meeting with the military – see also yesterday’s post about Yingluck and the military – which then led to the establishment of a new lese majeste suppression committee. Some slight background,...

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Is Chalerm the lightning rod of the Yingluck government?

By Bangkok Pundit Fri, Sep 16, 2011 10:00AM UTC Comments Off

Chalerm Y has often been a controversial character. He courts controversy like it is a sport.* He can’t be kept quiet for long. In 1989: Source: Duncan McCargo, Politics and the press in Thailand: media machinations, pp11-12 From the LA Times in 1991: The present political crisis began in March, when Chatchai persuaded his old adversary, army commander...

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Sondhi L and Chalerm

By Bangkok Pundit Thu, Sep 15, 2011 10:00AM UTC View Comments

Was looking for something about Chalerm and came across the below: Source: Duncan McCargo, Politics and the press in Thailand: media machinations, page 64 BP: Of course, these days ASTV Manager is not the biggest fan of Chalerm…. but who knows what the future will hold for Chalerm and Sondhi L…...

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Thailand’s opposition searches for a leader

By Siam Voices Thu, Mar 24, 2011 10:30AM UTC View Comments

Mingkwan Saengsuwan, an unknown quantity. Pic: AP.

By Saksith Saiyasombut With a potential snap election looming in the not-so-distant future all political parties are preparing for a very short, but certainly intense, campaign. For the opposition Puea Thai party (PT) this means finding a new leader and a promising PM candidate. But not much has changed since last year when then-leader Yongyuth...

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