SURAT THANI — A group of soldiers on Koh Samui island have been accused of torturing a man into confessing to trafficking marijuana and then seizing his belongings for their personal use. Somkid Siriboon, from Bueng Kan province in northeastern Thailand, was arrested on the southern island in early September by army officers from the […]
An AirAsia passenger plane hit an egret while landing at Nakhon Si Thammarat airport yesterday morning, delaying its return flight to Bangkok. The left engine of flight FD 3188 from Don Mueang airport in Bangkok sucked in the bird as the plane was descending to land at Nakhon Si Thammarat airport about 7.30am. Read more: […]
A predawn fire at a four-storey showroom building in Samut Songkram province on Monday killed the shop owner and her maid. The fire at Sri Sayam furniture shop was reported to the police at 4.45am. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
THE BURNING of six schools in Pattani in the early hours of yesterday was described by the military as an act of revenge for recent arrests of key figures in the southern insurgency. Army spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvari said that it was likely the separatist movement in the southern border region wanted to attack the […]
SURAT THANI, Oct – Large numbers of Thai and foreign tourists were seen today boarding ferries to popular islands in the South to attend the annual Full Moon Party after regaining confidence regarding their personal safety following the arrest of two Myanmar nationals accused of murdering two British tourists last month. Ferry boats offering services […]
Torrential rains hit many provinces in the South, particularly in Phetburi province where the rains caused rockslide that killed a Russian woman and seriously injured her six-year-old daughter. Killed by the rockslide was a Russian national identified only as Mrs Laila. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
Police and Map Ta Pud residents have been hunting for six Turkish illegal immigrants who escaped from a detention cell of the immigration police in Map Ta Pud since Saturday night. The six escapees and a sixth who was arrested by the police were sent from Phang-nga province to the detention centre of the immigration […]
The military and the police will launch a crackdown on illegal foreign migrant workers on Koh Tao after it was discovered that business operators on the island deliberately refused to give the accurate information about the number of foreign migrant workers they have employed. The imminent crackdown follows the arrest of two Myanmar migrant workers […]
