"Victory Monument"

Police on Wednesday accused pro-democracy protesters of burning the Phaya Thai intersection sub-police station and destroying a traffic fort during their rally at Victory Monument on Tuesday. Many ping pong bombs were also found in the area, they added.

Defence Ministry spokesman Lt-General Kongcheep Tantrawanit on Monday condemned anti-government protestors for defacing the name plaque at the base of Victory Monument in Bangkok on Saturday.

An 80-year-old homeless man infected with Covid-19 was found dead on a Bangkok street on Saturday morning.

Two leaders of the pro-democracy group Guard Plod Aek were arrested on Saturday afternoon at Victory Monument in Bangkok’s Ratchathewi district.

Traffic around the Victory Monument returned to normal at 8.30pm on Sunday after the protesters dispersed.

Fears of Covid-19 spreading have kept the usually high crowds away from famous attractions in Bangkok as well as BTS trains, department stores and flea markets on Saturday (March 21).

One woman was shot dead and another injured today (February 18) in a shooting which took place at 3.30pm in front of a beauty clinic at Century The Movie Plaza department store near Victory Monument in Bangkok, an initial report said.

The Rajaprajanukron Foundation, under Royal Patronage, installed four air- purifiers on Friday (January 24) in the vincinites of Victory Monument in a trial of their effectiveness in filtering out PM2.5 dust particles, said Silpasuay Raweesaengsoon, permanent secretary of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), on Friday (January 24).

Thai Health Promotion Foundation’s chief executive officer Doctor Supreda Adulyanon, together with officials from related organisations, held a campaign against drinking during the upcoming New Year holidays, at Victory Monument today (December 25).

Officials from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and JS100 traffic radio station rounded up 10 stray cats living inside the Victory Monument compound on Friday, following a Facebook post calling for their rescue.

A pro-election group on Sunday staged a protest demanding that the general election be held as earlier scheduled in February.

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