Thaksin Shinawatra May Face Lese Majeste Charges after Slamming Privy Council
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, right, receives a medal from Cambodia’s Prime Minister BANGKOK – A day after the Foreign Ministry revoked Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra‘s...
View ArticleCambodian Teens Arrested Over Alleged Gang Rape of 15 Year Old Girl
When the girl was on the way back home, the four teens grabbed her and dragged her to a hut in a rice field about 700 meters away from her house, and they took turns raping her CAMBODIA – Four...
View ArticleThai Government Raises Age to Purchase Cigarettes From 18 to 20
the minimum legal age for cigarette purchases from 18 to 20 years and prohibits the sale of individual cigarettes . . BANGKOK – Deputy Prime Minister YongyutnYuthawong reported on Wednesday that...
View ArticleGen Prayut Gives Public Warning to Thaksin Shinawatra
Thailand’s Junta Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha . BANGKOK – Thailand’s Junta Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha warned Thaksin Shinawatra on Thursday to cease making political comments, or...
View ArticleKuwaiti National Dies after Failed Bungee Jump in Phuket
PHUKET – A 25-year-old Kuwaiti National had died after his ankle straps came off during a bungee jump on Patong beach in Phuket. The Kuwaiti man, whose name has been withheld, sustained serious...
View ArticleBritish Teen Raped Abducted and Raped by Motorcycle Gang Near Bangkok
Thai police have stepped up patrols in a crackdown on crime in the area following reports of the gang rape of a British woman BANGKOK – Police Major General Kamolsanti Klanbus, chief of Kanchanaburi...
View ArticleUS Judge Approves Extradition of Man Facing Charges in Thailand
A State of Florida Judge has granted an order of extradition for Shawn Abraham Shaw, 43, who has been locked up since he was found hiding out in Florida in late November 2014, he is accused of...
View ArticleThailand’s Military Backed Police Commission Vote to Strip Thaksin of his...
Thai national police chief Somyot Poompanmoung speaks during a press conference at Royal Thai Police Bureau . BANGKOK – The Police Commission backed by Thailand’s Military backed government, decided...
View ArticlePol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew Observes Programs for Hill-Tribes People in Chiang...
Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew met with the village chief and community leaders of Ban Saen Suk in Muang District, Chiang Rai CHIANG RAI– Social Development and Human Security Minister Pol Gen Adul...
View ArticleThailand’s Police Chief Orders Scare Alert Over Fear of Thaksin Supporters
Thai police and soldiers patrol Skytrain stations and shopping centers in Bangkok , BANGKOK – In an effort to return Thailand to happiness, National police Chief Pol Gen Somyot Pumpunmuang directed...
View ArticleThai Police Hunt Couple for Sexually Abusing and Torturing 12-Year-Old Daughter
The mother reportedly forced her daughter to drink beer before asking her new husband to rape the girl SURAT THANI – Police in Koh Samui district of Surat Thani are hunting down a 26-year-old man and...
View ArticleThai Teen Confesses to Assassination Attempt on Australian National Edward...
The teenager told police he had been given the job by his “patron”, Wanchai Mengchuay, 48, who pointed out the target for him . SURAT THANI – Pol Maj Gen Apichart Boonsriroj, chief of Surat Thani...
View ArticleParents of Thomas Cottrell Still Seek Justice Over Son’s Death in Ching Mai
25-year-old British expat Thomas Treharne Cottrell CHIANG MAI – The Parents of 25 year old Thomas Cottrell from Gibraltar killed by an allegedly impaired driver in Pai during the Jive festival...
View ArticleJudge Delay’s Independent Examination of Forensic Evidence in Koh Tao Murder...
Win Zaw Htun (L) and Zaw Lin, workers from Myanmar accused of killing two British tourists SURAT THANI – Lawyers for Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun who are charged with the murder of a Jersey man and a...
View ArticleChelsea win over Thailand All-Stars in Bangkok
Dominic Solanke may press for more opportunities after a well-taken goal earned Chelsea the win on Saturday. BANGKOK – Chelsea kicked off their postseason tour with a 1-0 victory over Thailand...
View ArticleThaksin Unfazed Over Prayut’s Decision to Cancel Passports
Thaksin said that he had faith in the Lord Buddha’s teaching which says as follows “nothing in his world is permanent, everything is impermanent.” . . DUBAI – Former Prime Minister Thaksin...
View ArticleThai Couple Arrested for Burglarizing Foreigners Homes in Hua Hin
A woman looks for her belongings among the haul of stolen goods at the Hua Hin police station on Saturday as suspects Thawalchai Thawilsuk and Surintra Khumsup look on. – Photo Chaiwat Satyaem . . HUA...
View ArticleMyanmar Woman Pays for Baby to be Drugged, Smuggled Across Border
A Burmese man holding a newborn baby in the maternity ward CHIANG MAI – A Burmese woman working in Thailand hired a man to sedate and smuggle her 3-month-old baby across the border to relatives in...
View ArticleRefugees in Thai Border Camps Want Myanmar Government to Recognizer Their...
schools in Mae La providing the children who live in the camp with primary and secondary education. . . MAE LA – An old cartoon is circulating on social media. It depicts a tree, a schoolmaster and...
View ArticleThai Couple Who Raped 12 Year Old Daughter Arrested in Nakhon Si Thammarat...
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT – Police arrested a 26 year old man and his 36 year old wife in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province yesterday for the alleged sexual abuse of the woman’s 12-year-old daughter. The...
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