THE FIRST night after the phase five easing of the coronavirus lockdown took effect yesterday (July 1) saw Pattaya still staying quiet and dull with big pub owners not yet daring to reopen their establishments for fear of failing to cover the cost, Sanook.com reported this morning (July 2, 2020). However bars and karaoke lounges
Month: July 2020
Online gambling den raided, officials among punters
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE RAIDED a suspected online gambling den in disguise of a website designing firm in downtown Hua Hin yesterday. At the shophouse-turned-gambling den, the police rounded up nine suspected online gamblers and seized 66 computers allegedly used in the illegal business. The website designing firm named Richidea has been merely used
Read morePolice hunting for foreigner who slapped a chemist on Koh Phangan
KOH PHANGAN police are searching for a foreign man who slapped a chemist on Sunday June 28 after a video clip of the two-minute incident was shared by this tourist island’s Line group, Naewna newspaper reported today (July 1, 2020). In a message accompanying the video clip, Koh Phangan Line group said: “With whom is
Read more30 arrested as thousands protest against new security law in HK
By Claire Huang, Straits Times Hong Kong – Hong Kong police arrested at least two people under a new national security law today (July 1), shortly after the legislation took effect, as thousands gathered in mass protests on the anniversary of the city’s handover to China. Police fired a water cannon to disperse activists gathered
Read moreCigarettes smuggled from Myanmar seized in the woods
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MYANMAR cigarettes have been smuggled into Thai territory and dumped in the woods on the border waiting for someone to pick them up. Kaew Khongwong, chief provincial defense official of Prachuap Khiri Khan, said today (July 1) a total of 160 cartons of Myanmar cigarettes have been found hidden in the
Read moreFishermen free three giant whale sharks
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com A FISHERMAN and his crew from Satun province safely released three huge whale sharks that had got entangled in their fishing nets after which they quickly swam off into the open sea, Sanook.com reported yesterday (June 30). Mr Navin Manakitsomboon or Tai Ball, 37, steersman of Por Chok Praphon 1 trawler
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