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...late 2002, Thailand's prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra publicly dismissed claims that terrorists were operating inside the country's borders as "ridiculous" and "fabrications" by "crazy people." The Prime Minister may now be rethinking those words because a chain of arrests of suspected Jemaah Islamiah (JI) operatives over the past month in Thailand and in neighboring Cambodia has exposed a potentially virulent terrorist cell operating on Thai soil. In southern Thailand last week, police arrested three Thai nationals, allegedly JI members, accused of plotting a series of Bali-style car-bomb attacks on five embassies?American, Australian, British, Israeli...
...After four weeks, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's war on drugs has Thailand fully mobilized. Police have made 13,232 arrests, seized nearly 10 million pills and accepted the surrender of 36,277 suspected drug pushers. Across the country, dealers, users and, sometimes, innocents are being gunned down, either by underworld associates, neighborhood enemies or, as human-rights groups allege, by cops taking extralegal measures. Since Jay's parents were slain, 1,138 more people have been killed?an average of almost...
When Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra vowed to eliminate illegal drugs from "every square inch of the country" by Apr. 30, listeners could be forgiven their doubts. This was the man, after all, who once pledged to untangle Bangkok's perpetually snarled roads. Traffic, it turns out, is still a problem, but early results of this new drug war suggest that traffickers are becoming an endangered species. During the first week of February, the police announced that 9,232 alleged dealers were arrested, and nearly 7,000 more surrendered. Authorities seized upwards of 41 million amphetamine pills. It seemed Thaksin...
...Thailand Automotive Institute wants the tuk tuk declared the kingdom's national car, while the Ministry of Industry regards them as "charming" and "fun for foreigners." There's no denying that they make the perfect gift for the man who has everything: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gave one to Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who reportedly was thrilled...
...Thaksin Shinawatra vs. Purachai Piumsombun: Thailand's Prime Minister, left, and its popular Justice Minister faced off after a budget dispute spilled into the headlines. In better days, Thaksin called his Thai Rak Thai colleague (and police-academy classmate) a potential successor. But last week he told a group of generals, "I will have to look for someone else" because Purachai "can't get along with anyone." Purachai claimed the real issue was his refusal to "rubber stamp" an inflated budget request from his permanent secretary, who happens to be Thaksin's brother...