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Interpol Red Notice sought for arrest of suspects in Chinese student’s murder

The Thai Interpol branch will seek the issuance of a Red Notice, asking law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and arrest three Chinese men wanted in Thailand for allegedly abducting…

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Police close in on Thai hacker claiming to have personal data of 55 million Thais

A Thai hacker, who claims to have acquired the personal data of about 55 million Thai people and who has extorted money from about 200 of them by threatening to…

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Thai police believe murdered Chinese student knew one of her abductors

Thai police believe that the Chinese student, who was kidnapped and murdered in Nonthaburi province last week, knew one of her three abductors. According to investigators, one of the suspects…

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Thai police believe suspects in murder of Chinese student have fled to China

Thai police believe that at least three men of Chinese nationality were involved in the kidnap and murder of a Chinese student in Nonthaburi province and that they left Thailand…

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Chinese student, possibly kidnapped, found dead in Nonthaburi province

Thai police have found the body of a woman, believed to be a Chinese student who was reported to have been kidnapped for ransom, in a banana plantation in Bang…

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Six Thai police officers indicted for extorting money from Taiwanese actress

Six police officers attached to Bangkok’s Huai Khwang police station, accused of extorting money from a Taiwanese actress in exchange for dropping a charge of possessing an e-cigarette were, today…

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Prosecutors asked to indict 34 PAT officials for falsely claiming overtime pay

Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has asked public prosecutors to indict 34 staff at the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT), who are accused of falsely claiming overtime pay and…

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17 people implicated in Thai police entrance exam cheating

Seventeen people have been taken into police custody for alleged involvement in entrance examination cheating for enrolment in the police academy for non-commissioned officers. Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat, the national…

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Thai police officer arrested with a car stolen in Malaysia

A police officer was arrested yesterday (Tuesday) for allegedly possessing a car which is thought to have been stolen in Malaysia. Anti-car theft police went to a condominium in Bangkok’s…

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Plastic surgery clinic in Nonthaburi ordered to close after death of a customer

A plastic surgery clinic in Pak Kret district of Thailand’s Nonthaburi province has been closed by health officials for allegedly operating without a license, after a customer died shortly after…

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Revenue Department defends ฿200m spending on defective air-con system

Thailand’s Revenue Department has explained that its 200-million baht procurement of a new air-conditioning system for the department’s building back in 2018 was strictly in compliance with the e-auction system,…

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Deadly shooting sprees point to need for mental healthcare in Thai armed forces 

During the past few years, Thailand has witnessed several shocking mass killings by lone shooters, something is never before seen in its history. Perpetrators of this deadly violence have hailed…

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Five Vietnamese arrested with about 103kg of Agarwood at border checkpoint

Thai park rangers have arrested five Vietnamese nationals as they tried to flee into Laos with 103.5kg of Agarwood chips, thought to have been stolen from Thailand’s Phu Khiao Wildlife…

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Police close two online gambling networks, arrest 11 in three provinces

Police from Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) have arrested 11 suspects and seized assets worth about 70 million baht, in raids on four locations operated by of two online…

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Fake products worth ฿10m seized from Bangkok warehouse

Police from the Consumer Protection Police Division and officials from the Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) seized fake food supplements, cosmetics and medicines worth more than 10-million baht in…

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Siriraj and Thammasat University hospitals to return Chuwit’s ฿6m donation

Siriraj and Thammasat University hospitals have decided to return the three million baht donation given to each of them by whistle-blower Chuwit Kamolvisit. Dr. Apichat Asavamongkolkul, dean of the Faculty…

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Seven suspects arrested in Sakhon Nakhon over Ponzi scheme

Police from Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) have arrested seven people and have seized a large quantity of assets from two companies, which allegedly operated a Ponzi scheme luring…

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Two hackers arrested for allegedly stealing information to claim prize money

Thailand’s Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) officers have arrested two individuals for allegedly hacking into the computer system of an energy drink company, to steal information to enable them to…

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Police cease searching for missing baby in Nakhon Pathom

Police have officially ended the search for the 8-month-old baby boy who went missing from home in Bang Len district of Nakhon Pathom on February 5th. Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn,…

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Police in armed stand-off with gunman who allegedly killed 2 in Phetchaburi

About 100 police officers have surrounded a house in Mueang district of Phetchaburi province this afternoon (Wednesday), where a man is holding out after he allegedly shot two people dead…

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Influencer Aniwat Pratumtin, aka “Nara Crepe Katoey”, was taken into custody by consumer protection police Tuesday on charges of public fraud and false advertising, in connection with the online sale of gift sets that prompted numerous complaints from people who transferred money to “buy” them.

Transgender influencer “Nara Crepe Katoey” arrested on fraud charges

Transgender influencer Aniwat Pratumtin, aka “Nara Crepe Katoey”, was taken into custody by consumer protection police today (Tuesday) on charges of public fraud and false advertising, in connection with the…

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Three suspected insurgents killed at Narathiwat jungle hideout

Three suspected insurgents were shot dead by Thai security forces at a jungle hideout in the Si Sakhon district of the southern province of Narathiwat on Monday. A security force…

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Police raid two illegal clinics, arrest fake doctors in Bangkok and Pathum Thani

Thailand’s Consumer Protection Division (CPD) police raided two unlicensed clinics in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district and in Pathum Thani and arrested two men who claim to be doctors. Acting on…

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Six underage girls rescued from commercial sex trade in Phuket

Thai officials, in coordination with representatives of Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), rescued six underage girls, including those under 15, in raids of a bar and a hotel on Patong Beach…

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Search for missing Caesium-137 intensifies, public health officials on standby

Local officials and those from Thailand’s Office of Atoms for Peace have launched searches for a canister of radioactive Caesium-137, which has gone missing from a steam power plant in…

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Two anti-government protesters get two years in prison for attempted arson

Two anti-government protesters were sentenced to two years in prison without suspension today (Wednesday), after they were found guilty by the Criminal Court of attempting to set fire to a…

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Tense armed stand-off in Bangkok ends with police storming the house

Firing teargas and rubber bullets, special operations officers stormed a house in Bangkok’s Sai Mai area today (Wednesday), to subdue an armed former police officer and end a tense 27-hour…

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Prolonged armed stand-off in Bangkok on Wednesday

At the time of this report, Thai police remain in a tense stand-off with an armed former police officer, who has been holding up in a house in Bangkok’ Sai…

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Anti-corruption officials probe training course related to a senior health official

Officials from the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) and anti-corruption police raided four locations, including the house of the deputy health chief of Nakhon Ratchasima, to…

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Suspected drive-by shooter arrested in Chainat province Monday night

Police in Thailand’s Chainat province have taken into custody the man who is believed to have committed drive-by shootings in neighbouring Suphan Buri province, killing one person and injuring two…

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Two park rangers injured in landmine explosion in Chiang Mai forest

Two park rangers were injured by what is believed to have been a landmine while their five-man team was patrolling in the Pha Daeng National Park in Chai Prakan district…

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Five suspects arrested in connection with multiple murders in Narathiwat

Five suspects are in police custody for alleged involvement in the murder of four men. Three of the bodies were found in the trunk of a car, partially submerged in…

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Thai actress among 16 indicted for gambling and pornographic enterprises

A former actress and her husband are among a group of 16 suspects indicted by public prosecutors for allegedly operating online gambling and pornographic websites and money laundering. Kosonlavat Intujunyong,…

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Cliff-top resort in Sattahip district ordered to cease operations

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has ordered an illegal cliff-top resort, built on Treasury Department land, to cease operations. The resort, located on 1.76 hectares on the cliff top of…

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Suspect arrested following fatal shooting of child in front of a Pattani mosque

Police have arrested a suspect and seized the handgun thought to have been used in the killing of a 14-year-old girl who was sitting outside a mosque in Pattani province…

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14-year-old girl killed in front of a mosque in Pattani

A 14-year-old girl was killed in front of a mosque in Mueang district of Thailand’s southern restive province of Pattani this morning (Friday) in a drive-by shooting. According to the…

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NACC to indict Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan over GT-200 bomb detectors

Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has agreed to file criminal charges against Senator Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan, former director of the Central Institute of Forensic Science at the Ministry of Justice,…

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Large cache of narcotics seized in Lampang and Chiang Rai

Thai police confiscated a large cache of narcotics, including nine million methamphetamine tablets, 297kg of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 20kg of ketamine, in three separate seizures in the northern provinces…

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Two men arrested for allegedly luring young boys into making pornography

Thai anti-human trafficking police have arrested two men for allegedly luring young boys into making pornographic content, which was allegedly distributed to customers via a Line group for a fee….

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Five hunters sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for killing tiger and its cub

Five poachers were each sentenced to a total of four years and nine months months in prison and fined 5,500 baht, after they were found guilty of killing a tiger…

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47 smuggled monkeys intercepted on their way to China via Laos

Thai wildlife officials and police intercepted a shipment of 47 macaque monkeys on a pickup truck this morning (Monday), at a checkpoint on Friendship highway in Non Sung district of…

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6 suspects, ฿1.4bn in assets seized in raids on major online gambling network

Police from the Central Investigation Bureau have arrested six suspects and seized assets worth more than 1.4 billion baht in coordinated raids today (Friday) on 63 locations in six provinces,…

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Two defendants in Thai actress drowning case plead guilty in court

Two defendants in the case surrounding the death of actress Nida Patcharaveerapong, aka “Tangmo”, have pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court, which has scheduled sentencing forMay 10th. Nida died following…

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China will support Thailand in the crackdown on Chinese grey businesses

The Chinese Government is ready to support its Thai counterpart in dealing with Chinese grey business in Thailand. The two countries have been cooperating closely in the suppression of transnational…

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US serviceman found dead in a Thai army barracks in Lop Buri province

Thai police are investigating the death of a US serviceman, who was found lifeless in a bathroom of the 31st Infantry Regiment of the Royal Guards barracks in Lop Buri…

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Thai police divers search canal for missing baby without success

Police divers continued their search in a canal for the third consecutive day today (Wednesday) for the missing 8-month-old baby who was disposed of there, according to his teenage mother….

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Criminologists doubt teenage mother’s claim that she put her baby in a canal

Two Thai criminologists say they doubt the claim by the teenage mother of the missing 8-month-old boy, who claims to have disposed of her child in a canal near home…

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Mother of missing baby says baby was dead, seeks public’s forgiveness

The teenage mother of the missing 8-month baby told the media that her son was dead when she decided to put the body into a canal near her home and…

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Former aide of the late Somdet Phra Wannarat gets 10 years for embezzlement

A former close aide of the late Somdet Phra Wannarat, abbot of Bowonniwet Vihara Temple, was sentenced to 10 years in prison today (Tuesday), after being found guilty by the…

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The untold story of the teenage mother of a missing baby

“I have never had a dream. Since childhood, I have never thought about what I will be when I grow up, but I have thought that I will get a…

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About ฿100m in assets seized in multiple raids on drug trafficking networks

Thai anti-narcotics police have seized assets worth about 100 million baht and arrested four major suspects belonging to three illegal narcotic networks during in raids in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai,…

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In this image taken from video footage provided by TVB Hong Kong, police officers search a village home where they found body parts related to a missing model in a murder case, in Hong Kong on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. / AP

Hong Kong model’s in-laws charged after body parts found

Police in Hong Kong filed murder charges against the former father-in-law and brother-in-law of a model and influencer whose body parts were found in a refrigerator and a skull believed…

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Teenage mother allegedly confesses to dumping 8-month-old baby in canal

The mother of a missing 8-month-old baby boy has allegedly admitted that, in a panic, she dumped the baby into a canal near her home, after the baby accidentally fell…

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Khaosan pub security guard fired for allegedly assaulting foreign tourist

A Thai security guard at a pub at Bangkok’s Khaosan area has been dismissed after he allegedly slapped the face of a tourist accused of stealing a bottle of drinking…

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Unqualified person arrested at beauty clinic in Bangkok’s Srinagarind area

An unqualified person, who has been administering Botox, vitamin and dermal injections at a legally-registered clinic in Bangkok’s Srinagarind area for about five years, was arrested yesterday (Friday) as he…

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AMLO impounds ฿245m penthouse linked to Forex-3D investment scam

Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) recently impounded a Sukhumvit condominium penthouse, worth 245-million baht, from the husband of a former actress. The property is suspected of being linked to the…

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Ex-NACC deputy chief gets suspended jail term, fined for concealing wealth

Former deputy secretary-general of Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) Prayad Puangchampa was sentenced today (Thursday) to four months in jail, suspended for 12 months, and fined 10,000 baht after being…

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Biological father of missing 8-month-old to be charged with statutory rape

“Jae”, the biological father of an 8-month-old baby boy missing in Nakhon Pathom, is to be charged with statutory rape of a minor, while “Pud”, the partner of the mother,…

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Thai ex-deputy education minister banned from political office for life

Former Deputy Education Minister Kanokwan Wilawan was banned from holding political posts for life today (Wednesday), after she was found guilty of gross violation of ethical standards for land encroachment…

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Three men found dead in the trunk of a car in Narathiwat province

Police in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat are investigating the murders of three men, whose bodies were found in the trunk of a sedan, which was half-submerged in a pond…

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Another extensive search launched for missing baby in Nakhon Pathom

Police mounted yet another land and river search yesterday (Tuesday) for the 8-month-old baby who went missing from home in the Bang Len district of Nakhon Pathom on February 5th….

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3 more in custody in connection with “Macau 888” online gambling site

Police from Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) have taken two social media influencers and a rapper-cum-songwriter into custody for questioning about their alleged connections with the “Macau 888” online…

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Key suspected insurgent killed in shootout in Yala province

A suspected insurgent, wanted by Thai police for alleged involvement in several violent incidents in the restive Deep South, including a roadside bomb attack in Yala Province last Friday in…

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6.4 million Methamphetamine pills seized from a boat on Mekong River

The Royal Thai Navy’s Mekong River patrol unit and paramilitary rangers seized about 6.4 million methamphetamine tablets from a boat on the Mekong River in the Chiang Saen district of…

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Bus driver suspended for 30 days, fined ฿5k over road accident in Bangkok

A bus driver was fined 5,000 baht and suspended from driving for 30 days after he allegedly jumped a red light at the Ratchadapisek-Lat Phrao intersection and rammed into a…

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6-year-old boy falls to his death from expressway after road accident

A six-year-old boy fell to his death from an expressway onto the road about 30 meters below when a brand-new pickup truck, being driven by his father, crashed into the…

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Police to use a submersible in search for missing baby in Nakhon Pathom

Nakhon Pathom provincial police will deploy a submersible drone to search all waterways close to the home of an 8-month-old baby in Bang Len district. The child has beenmissing for…

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Three alleged call centre gang members in police custody

Three alleged members of a call centre scam gang, operating from one of Thailand’s neighbouring countries, are now in Thai police custody. They were found disguised as vendors at a…

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DSI to question friend of Kong Salak Plus CEOs over ฿100m bank transfer

Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has issued a summons for the questioning of a business associate of Kong Salak Plus CEO Panthawat Nakvisut, over about 100 million baht found…

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Thai police general unsure whether missing 8-month-old boy is still alive

Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the national deputy police chief, said today (Wednesday) that he does not know whether the 8-month-old missing baby from Nakhon Pathom is alive or not, but…

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Police seek longer detention of alleged “Macau 888” kingpin

The key suspect in “Macau 888” online gambling operation, Chaiwat Kachornboonthaworn, was escorted by cyber police to the Criminal Court this morning (Wednesday), to seek approval for his further detention….

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Prosecutors indict celebrity couple and six others in Forex 3D Ponzi scheme

Thai public prosecutors decided to indict eight suspects today (Tuesday), including a celebrity couple, in connection with the Forex-3D Ponzi scheme, as recommended by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI)….

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Police investigating a case of illegal detention in Chachoengsao

Police in Thailand’s eastern province of Chachoengsao are investigating a complaint, filed by a 67-year-old man who claims he was illegally detained and drugged by his own son and daughter-in-law…

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Rama 9 housing project engineer faces legal action over collapse

The Huai Khwang district office has ordered the construction of a housing project in the Rama 9 area to be suspended for 30 days and has prevented all unauthorised access…

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Students evacuated from school as nearby factory in Chon Buri catches fire

About 300 students were hastily evacuated from of their school on Monday afternoon, after two wells containing used oil in a factory in Si Racha district of Chon Buri province…

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Fake cosmetics from China worth ฿14m seized in Bangkok and Samut Prakan

Police from Thailand’s Consumer Protection Division (CPD) seized fake cosmetics and substandard medical supplies today (Monday), worth about 14 million baht, in raids on two locations in Bangkok’s Prawet District…

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Five migrant workers injured in building collapse in Bangkok’s Rama 9 area

Five Cambodian nationals were injured when a building, which was under construction in Bangkok’s Rama 9 area, caved in this afternoon (Sunday). Initial reports said that there were about 25…

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Thai police launch extensive search for missing 8-month-old baby

Police, volunteers and officials from the Mirror Foundation launched an extensive search around a village in Bang Luang sub-district in Nakhon Pathom Province today (Sunday), looking for traces of an…

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Gang of hitmen busted in Surat Thani

Police have arrested a gang of hired gunmen, alleged to be responsible for more than 30 serious crimes in Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani, including the recent killing of…

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Warrants to be issued for 3 Myanmar nationals over Hmong family massacre

Warrants for the arrests of three Myanmar migrant workers are to be issued soon, because police have reason to believe that they may be responsible for the murder of an…

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Briton wanted in UK on drug trafficking charges nabbed in Bangkok

A British national, wanted in the United Kingdom on narcotic trafficking charges, was arrested by Thai police in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district yesterday (Friday). The UK’s National Crime Agency sought…

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5 arrested with prohibited Thai rosewood timber in Khao Yai National Park

Five men were arrested by park rangers last night (Friday) as they tried to smuggle Phayung (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) timber out of Khao Yai National Park in the north-eastern province of…

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Farm truck stolen from murdered Hmong tribesman found

Thai police found a farm truck on Friday night, which was owned by an ethnic Hmong tribesman who was killed along with his wife and three children at a farm…

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Forensic team joins investigation of missing baby in Nakhon Pathom

Forensic science officers have joined Bang Luang district police in Nakhon Pathom in the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of an eight-month-old infant from the parents’ home on Sunday. The…

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Standoff in Phuket after gunman shoots two passengers on mini bus

Two people were shot by a fellow passenger on a Phuket-Phatthalung mini bus, as it was travelling through Mueang district of Phuket on Friday morning. The shooting, which took place…

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Hmong family of five killed on a farm in Tak

A family of five Hmong people, including three children, were found dead on a farm in Wang Chao district of Thailand’s western border province of Tak on Wednesday. Police who…

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Police patrolman killed by a motorcyclist in Nakhon Ratchasima

A police patrolman was shot dead as he was chasing a suspicious motorcyclist in Pak Chong district of Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima on Tuesday night. The victim was…

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Septic tank emptied in search for missing baby in Nakhon Pathom

Parents of the missing 8-month-old baby boy were separately questioned by Bang Luang police in Nakhon Pathom province for about nine hours on Tuesday, as a sewage pump truck was…

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Search for missing baby in Nakhon Pathom resumes for the third day

Officials from the Mirror Foundation, police and local officials, supported by a sniffer dog, continue their search for an 8-month-old baby boy, who has been missing from home in the…

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Phuket tour company’s license suspended after employee attacks Chinese tourist

A tour company in Phuket has had its operating license suspended for six months after one of its employees allegedly attacked a Chinese customer. The female employee was summoned to…

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Court grants bail to five teenagers charged with armed robbery

The Juvenile and Family Court in Buri Ram Province granted bail to five teenagers, aged 13-16 today (Monday). They were charged with stealing 2kg of kratom leaves from a roadside…

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Woman arrested with equipment for forging visas

Thai immigration police arrested a woman and seized several items of equipment used for making counterfeit visas today (Monday), in a raid on a condo in Bangkok’s Khannayao district. The…

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110 Thai immigration police officers charged in visa scandal

More than 100 immigration police officers, including three generals, have been found to have issued visas illegally to foreign visitors, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, the deputy national police chief, said…

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32 suspects held for alleged connections with “Macau 888” online gambling operations

Police from Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CIBB) have arrested 32 suspects, alleged to be linked to the “Macau 888” online gambling and money laundering operations, in multiple raids on…

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Former national park chief sues seven officials involved in his arrest

A lawsuit has been filed against seven officials with the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases by former director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation…

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Kong Salak Plus CEO faces summons in Phang-nga

Thap Put district police, in Thailand’s southern province of Phang-nga, have issued a summons requiring Kong Salak Plus CEO Panthawat Nakvisut to report on February 15th to acknowledge a charge…

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Fake brand name products worth over ฿10m seized in Samut Prakan

Police seized counterfeit brand name products worth over 10 million baht in raids on two warehouses in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan Province today (Saturday). The products included…

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Detention of first suspect in “Macau 888” online gambling case extended

A suspect allegedly connected with the “Macau 888” online gambling platform was escorted by police from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) to the Criminal Court today (Saturday), to get…

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Highways Department loses property worth over ฿30m through theft

The Highways Department sustained more than 30 million baht through the theft of equipment in 2022, about 13 million baht more than the previous year. The most targeted items by…

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Ancient chapel in a Lampang temple destroyed by fire Thursday night

An ancient wooden chapel, at a temple in Thailand’s northern province of Lampang, burned down on Thursday night. The abbot of Wat Phae Luang reportedly told the police that the…

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