BANGKOK, Oct 4 – The Thai authorities have detained 11 men suspected of involvement in a movement to overthrow Thailand’s revered monarchy and planning the assassination of the country’s key public figures, a senior police officer said on Monday. Provincial Police Region 5 designated commander Pol Maj Gen Chaiya Siriamphankul said the 11 were arrested […]
Thai security authorities are being placed on high alert as political groups organize highly charged memorial gatherings in October to mark past bloodshed. Bangkok Post reported. Security agencies had warned that there might be violence in Bangkok and its surrounding provinces such as Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Pathum Thani, Udon Thani, Nakhon Ratchasima and Khon […]
AN AUSTRALIAN was found dead in a room at a guesthouse in the Nanai area of Patong yesterday. It is believed he had been dead for several days. Sanong Pimphan, 40, who occupied the next-door room, noticed a bad smell about 10.30am and told the management, who called police. Officers who entered the room found […]
BANGKOK, Oct 3 — After capturing a major Southeast Asian drug smuggler and confiscating 36 kilos of compressed heroin — Thailand’s largest drug haul in five years — the country’s police lost their prize detainee at the scene of the crime Saturday and now must deal with a significant loss of face as well as […]
A Thai woman was arrested in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Huai Thalaeng district Saturday for duping others with false promises of jobs in South Korea paying Bt30,000 a month. Saisamorn Sutthichaiya, 55, was arrested along with travel documents of the alleged victims. She reportedly confessed to the crime, Pol Lt Col Phum Thongpho of the Police Region […]
Sukhumvit vendors openly sell VCDS Child pornography is being openly sold on the footpaths of the city’s busiest road, outraging both tourists and residents who said it would not be tolerated in any other country. After receiving several complaints about the DVD and VCD vendors along Sukhumvit Road between Soi 3 and 21, the Bangkok […]
(BANGKOK THAILAND)- SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 – The Rapper/ artist “Ribkat” and band members are asked to leave their Hotel “Nasa Vegas Complex Luxury Hotel” in Bangkok because as they were told by the hotel manager “they had to respect the Hotel policy” which is to discriminate against blacks and Indians”. The hotel staff and manager […]
BANGKOK, 3 October 2010 (NNT) – A bomb went off at Raman train station in Yala Province, injuring three police officers and a local. Authorities said the incident was caused by those with ill intention in the area. Yala provincial police’s bomb disposal team, together with local authorities, inspected the site of the explosion which […]
