2015 in Thailand

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The year 2015 is the 234th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 70th year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2558 in the Buddhist Era.

Incumbents

• King: Bhumibol Adulyadej
• Crown Prince: Vajiralongkorn
• Prime Minister: Prayut Chan-o-cha
• Supreme Patriarch: (vacant)

Events

January

• January 6 - Thai police arrest Gurmeet Singh convicted of involvement in a bombing in Chandigarh that killed 18 people in 1996, including Beant Singh who was then chief minister of Punjab. ^[1]
• January 9 - Former Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra appears to face impeachment charges over a failed rice subsidy scheme. ^[2]
• January 23 - Thailand's military-appointed legislature votes to impeach former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for her role in overseeing a government rice subsidy program that lost billions of dollars. ^[3]

April

• April 2 - Thailand's junta escalates their control from martial law to absolute power. ^[4]

May

• May 24 - 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis
  • Malaysian authorities find mass graves at the border with Thailand of the Rohingya refugees fleeing Burma. ^[5]
• May 25 - 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis
  • Malaysia's discovery yesterday is said to have 139 graves with some of them containing more than one body. ^[6]
• May 29 - 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis
  • Thailand will allow American authorities to identify boats that carry refugees from Burma and Bangladesh by using surveillance planes. ^[7]

June

• June 2 - 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis
  • A Thai general is suspended after the police order his arrest on suspicion of human trafficking. ^[8]

August

• August 17 - Bombing in Ratchaprasong, Bangkok, killing 19.

September

• September 7 - A bolide over Bangkok and other locations flared up for several seconds in early morning. ^[9]

See also

• 2015 in Thai television
• List of Thai films of 2015

References

1. "Thai police arrest fugitive convicted of 1995 India bombing". 6 January 2015. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
2. "Yingluck Shinawatra: Ex-Thai PM rejects impeachment hearing allegations". BBC News. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
3. Doksone, Thanyarat (23 January 2015). "Thai ex-premier Yingluck impeached, faces criminal charges". AP. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
4. "Thailand junta replaces martial law with absolute power". 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
5. "Malaysia finds graves of suspected trafficking victims". 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
6. "Malaysia has found 139 graves believed to contain migrants-police chief". Reuters. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
7. "Thailand to allow US to identify migrant boats". 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
8. "South-East Asian migrant crisis: Thai general faces arrest warrant on suspicion of human trafficking". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
9. "Mysterious 'fireball' caught on camera blazing over Bangkok". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.