IN COORDINATED raids across four provinces Narcotics Suppression Bureau police arrested a drug trafficking family and seized 200 million baht worth of assets from them, INN News and Sanook.com reported this morning (August 5, 2020). Arrested were the couple, Mr. Sawang and Mrs. Wanphen, and also his two sons on drug trafficking charges after raids
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Chinese state media slams US as a ‘rogue country’ over TikTok
By Arjun Kharpal, CNBC CHINESE state media labeled the US a “rogue country” and dubbed the potential sale of social media firm TikTok to Microsoft as “theft,” adding that Beijing could retaliate if a deal is sealed. Microsoft announced plans on Sunday to acquire TikTok’s business in certain markets — the US, Canada, Australia and
Read moreGiant waves hammer part of Khao Lak
EVEN AS northern Thailand and Myanmar continue to feel the impact of tropical storm Sinlaku which has downgraded into a low-pressure cell in the south the strong southwesterly monsoon battered a two-kilometre stretch of Khao Lak tourist coastal strip in Phang Nga province with seven-metre-high waves slamming in and flooding resorts and restaurants, INN News
Read moreBig hunt for gunman in killing of gambling policeman, 3 others
METROPOLITAN Police are chasing a gunman who shot dead one of the four gamblers, among whom is a policeman, at a shophouse in Rama 3 road last night, Thai Rath newspaper and Sanook.com reported this afternoon (August 4, 2020). Pol. Lt. Geng Phukphong Phongpetra, head of Metropolitan Police, said investigation revealed that one of the
Read morePanel wants Red Bull heir case reexamined for speeding plus cocaine use
By Bhuva Chira, Sanook.com THE PUBLIC prosecutors working group has cleared the Deputy Attorney-General of any wrongdoing for ordering the withdrawal of charges against Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya but also opined that the case be reexamined on grounds cocaine use and new evidence on speeding, Sanook.com reported today (August 4, 2020). Wichian Klanprasert, a police officer
Read moreBritish woman jailed for stabbing her husband to death in Malaysia
By Tom Gillespie, Sky News A BRITISH woman who stabbed her husband to death in Malaysia has avoided the death penalty after her charge was reduced to “homicide not amounting to murder”. Samantha Jones was originally accused of murder and could have been hanged if she was found guilty. However, she was sentenced to 42
Read moreBad weather brings in a clam bonanza to Pattaya
AFTER fierce winds from tropical storm Sinlaku washed up hundreds of thousands of clams on Jomtien beach this morning (August 3) local people joyfully rush in to collect as much as they could with some selling them at a low price to tourists, Sanook.com reported. Around a hundred Pattaya natives were seen busy collecting the
Read morePM says panel to decide whether he could reopen Red Bull heir case
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said at 11 a.m. today (August 3) that it is up to the special committee examining the dropping of charges against Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya in the hit-and-run case that led to a policeman’s death in September 2012 to decide whether he could reopen this case nor not, Naewna newspaper reported. Speaking
Read moreCables left on road ensnare motorbike injuring 2 persons
AN ELDERLY man and his granddaughter got badly injured in Chonburi province last evening after their motorcycle got tangled in a large pile of communication cables haphazardly left on the road, Sanook.com reported this morning (August 3). The accident was captured by a car camera of the vehicle coming in the opposite direction of
Read moreTorrential rain triggers heavy flooding, washes out key road
HEAVY downpour that lasted all night triggered forest runoffs that badly flooded a part of Nakhon Phanom province while cutting off a section of the key Chiang Rai-Chiang Mai road for the large part of today, Naewna reported late afternoon (August 2). Around a hundred houses and hundreds of rai of farmland in Nakhon Phanom’s
Read moreTwo more survivors found in Koh Samui ferry sinking
MARINE Police found two more survivors of a ferry that sank in rough weather off Koh Samui at 9.50 p.m. last night but also found two dead bodies with the search continue for three more missing victims, INN News and Sanook.com reported this afternoon (August 2). Nine other victims of this accident had been rescued
Read morePrayut orders withholding of star witness’s dead body
AS FUROR continues to escalate over the withdrawal of charges against Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya in the hit-and-run case that led to a policeman’s death in September 2012, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (August 2) ordered that the body of the star witness be withheld for autopsy, Naewna newspaper reported. Ms. Traisulee Traisoranakul, deputy spokesman of
Read moreHunted drug runner shot dead in gunfight with police
A DRUG TRAFFICKER who had been on the run for three days after he shot and critically injured an undercover police officer in Nakhon Ratchasima province upon realizing he had fallen into a trap was shot dead in a gunfight with a police team today (August 1), Naewna newspaper reported. National Police Chief Pol. Gen.
Read moreInfluential municipal councillor’s son held on drug charge
ARRESTED together with an accomplice at 2 p.m. today (August 1) was the son of a well-known Ubon Ratchathani municipal councillor on drug trafficking charges after a total of 72,000 tablets of methamphetamine (Speed) was found in their possession, Naewna newspaper reported. The Border Patrol Police Unit 227 together with police and soldiers from various
Read moreCocaine use charge ‘could be filed against Red Bull heir’
THE HEAD of the special police committee investigating the withdrawal of charges against Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhya in the hit-and-run case that led to a policeman’s death in September 2012 said an additional charge of cocaine use could be filed if deemed fit but this only if the case has not expired, INN News reported today
Read moreAnalysis: PM feared to manipulate sort of self-coup to prolong own regime
By Out-crowd BESIEGED BY sporadic mass protests in all regions of the country and a sustained economic downturn due in large part to the global pandemic and in no small part to his alleged failures to fix it, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appears to have three way-outs – dissolve parliament or resign or manipulate sort
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