Wrongly detained Nakhon Si Thammarat man to sue police
A 23-year-old man plans to sue police in Nakhon Si Thammarat for detaining him for six days on an attempted murder charge, despite proof that he is innocent.
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A 23-year-old man plans to sue police in Nakhon Si Thammarat for detaining him for six days on an attempted murder charge, despite proof that he is innocent.
Two Filipino tourists were injured today when a cliff edge at the Haew Narok waterfall in Khao Yai national park crumbled. The waterfall has since been closed to all visitors indefinitely.
A 26-year-old British man, who was reported missing after losing contact with his family in Wales in March, was found safe in Krabi province today.
A total of 138 people were killed and 1,002 others injured in 1,000 road accidents throughout the country during 4 days of the Songkran break, from April 11 to 14 , according to the Road Accident Prevention and Mitigation Command Centre.
An earthquake, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, occurred in Myanmar this morning and the tremors were felt in Thailand’s Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son provinces.
The Thai government must investigate the sources of heavy metal and arsenic contamination in two rivers north; Sai and Kok, to ensure the safety of people in the area, said Pita Limjaroenrat, chief advisor to the Progressive Movement today.
The Central Administrative Court has ordered the State Railways of Thailand (SRT) to pay two construction companies, Unique Engineering and Construction and Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction, 4.2 billion baht in outstanding payments, plus interest, within 60 days, for the construction of Bang Sue-Rangsit section of the Red Line suburban train service.
As many as 130,000 people are expected to leave Bangkok by public bus today, heading for their home provinces to celebrate the Songkran festival, which begins tomorrow.
Thailand’s Songkran Festival, a much-loved tradition marking the Thai New Year, will take on new significance in 2025.
Thailand should urgently hold talks with Myanmar and ethnic groups to seek solutions to the problem of heavy metal contamination of the Sai and Kok rivers, believed to stem from gold mining activities in Myanmar, said Chainarong Setthachua, lecturer and ecology expert at Maha Sarakham University.
The Administrative Court has issued a restraining order, instructing the mayor of Bang Rak Pattana municipality in Nonthaburi’s Bang Bua Thong district to stop an elderly woman feeding pigeons, because the birds are causing a nuisance.
People living along the Kok River in Thailand’s Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces have been advised not to use water from the river for consumption, due to the excessive amounts of arsenic it contains. The poison is believed to originate from extensive gold mining activities in Mong Hsai town in Myanmar’s Shan state.