AFTER several hours of heavy downpour today (Aug. 27) some Pattaya roads were so badly flooded that cars and motorcycles could not pass leading to a few residents bringing out their inflatable boats to cruise through them, Sanook.com said. Worst hit were Pattaya 3rd road and Wat Tham Samakkhi alley where the flooding was
Month: August 2021
Malls, restaurants in dark red zone to reopen on Sept. 1 under strict conditions
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee today (Aug. 27) decided to relax some Covid-19 measures in the dark red zone from September 1 onwards with shopping malls and restaurants allowed to reopen again under strict conditions, Thai Rath and Sanook.com said. However the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha decided to
Read moreJoe Ferrari takes sole blame, denies extortion
THE DETAINED former head of Mueang Nakhon Sawan police station said during questioning last night that he was trying to crack a big drug case with this leading to the suspect’s death and wants to take sole responsibility because he was the one who issued the orders, Police News said today (August 27). Pol.
Read moreArrested cop denies extorting money, just wanted to find drug stash
THE police colonel seen in video clip suffocating a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags said after his arrest that he was not extorting 2 million baht from the him but was trying to get information on where he had hidden drugs, Siam Rath newspaper and Sanook.com said this evening (Aug 26). At
Read moreAnti-Prayut online campaign attracts 20,000 supporters on first day
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE have signed up in support of a parallel online campaign against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on the first day of the opposition’s latest move to press him to step down. Pheu Thai Party spokeswoman Arunee Kasayanond confirmed today (Aug. 26) some 20,000 people, mostly Bangkokians, endorsed the
Read moreUrgent! Hunted cop arrested after fleeing to Myanmar
THE police colonel who fled after a video clip emerged showing him suffocating a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags had fled to Myanmar’s Myawaddy town, across border from Mae Sot, but later coordinated with the police team chasing him and has now been arrested, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Aug. 26). Pol.
Read moreCop in plastic bag murder of suspect ‘has fled to Cambodia’
THE INVESTIGATION team tracking down Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon who fled after a video clip emerged showing him suffocating a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags said they believe he is no longer in Thailand and has fled by natural route to Cambodia, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Aug. 26). They are
Read moreUS, China accuse each other of ‘bullying’ nations
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Hanoi – US Vice President Kamala Harris today (Aug 25) again charged China with bullying its Southeast Asian neighbours, the second time in two days she has attacked Beijing during a regional visit aimed at countering China’s growing influence. Earlier today, Chinese state media accused Harris of seeking to
Read moreMove to reopen restaurants with strict safety steps in place
THE Public Health Ministry is moving to propose to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) that restaurants be allowed to reopen but the staff must either have received two Covid jabs or undergo antigen testing every three to five days, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Aug. 25). This step follows a meeting with
Read moreCop in plastic bag murder of suspect owns 29 luxury vehicles
A RAID on a large house owned by Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon in Ramintra area of Bangkok and a check of vehicle ownership papers showed that the former head of Nakhon Sawan City police station, who fled after a video clip surfaced showing him suffocating a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags,
Read morePolice hunting for cop in plastic bag suffocation to death case
THE Nakhon Sawan court has issued an arrest warrant for the head of the Mueang police station on charges of premeditated murder after he was seen in a video clip using two plastic bags to suffocate a drug suspect to death in order to 2 million baht from him, Sanook.com said this morning (Aug. 25).
Read moreUS V-P Kamala Harris’ trip to Vietnam delayed over ‘anomalous health incident’
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Hanoi – A flight from Singapore to Vietnam by US Vice President Kamala Harris was delayed on today (Aug. 24) following an unexplained health incident in Hanoi, the US Embassy in Vietnam said in a statement. Harris, who was in Singapore concluding a three-day trip, was due to fly
Read moreSenior cop in plastic bag suffocation to death video clip shunted out
PROVINCIAL Police Region 6 Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Apichart Sirisit signed an urgent order transferring Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon, head of the Mueang Nakhon Sawan police station, after a video clip surfaced showing him suffocating a drug suspect to death by wrapping two plastic bags over his head, Amarin TV said this evening (Aug.
Read morePatients at ‘haunted’ waiting centre claim they had heard ghosts
FRIGHTENED patients at a centre for those waiting for hospital beds in Phetchabun province said they heard screams and cries of ghosts for four nights in a row with officials today (Aug. 24) placing a Buddha image there and sprinkling holy water for their peace of mind, Sanook.com said. After placing the Buddha image
Read more4 new Delta sub-variants ‘ are not mutating into a Thai strain’
THE Public Health Ministry said today (Aug. 24) that the emergence of four new sub-variants of the Covid Delta strain in Thailand do not mean that they are mutating into a new Thai strain, TV Channel 7 said. Dr Wasan Chantrathit, head of Ramathibodi Hospital’s Centre for Medical Genomics, said earlier today that the Delta
Read morePalm sugar promoted at unrecognised hub
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TODDY PALM SUGAR concentrate and syrup are being currently promoted at an otherwise unknown source of manufacturing in Chainat as an alternative to cane sugar and other sweetening agents for domestic consumption, albeit with a relatively high selling price. The official promotion of the home-based manufacturing of palm sugar concentrate and
Read moreHungry botanist in failed robbery attempt
A MAN who has a master’s degree in botany tried to rob a convenience store in Chiang Mai but failed to get any cash after the employee dashed to the rear of the store despite him brandishing a home-made pistol, Sanook.com said today (August 23). At 6 a.m. yesterday Mae On district police arrested Mr.
Read moreThanat hits back at MP who doubts he was blinded in one eye at protest
AFTER Palang Pracharath Party MP for Bangkok Mr. Sira Jenjaka came out to question whether Mr. Thanat Thanakitamnuay, or Hiso Luknut, really lost his vision in the right eye after being hit with an object at a Din Daeng intersection protest earlier this month the latter adamantly confirmed he is blind in that
Read moreForeigners flock to get a Pfizer jab after ministry opened registration
MORE than 800 foreigners turned up at Central Festival Pattaya Beach shopping centre today (Aug. 23) to get a Pfizer Covid shot after the Foreign Ministry’s Consular Department opened registration, TV Channel 7 said. The hundreds of foreigners who showed up at this shopping centre’s vaccination station, operated in collaboration with Bangkok Pattaya Hospital,
Read moreDrug trafficker dies in expressway accident
AN ACCIDENT on Si Rat expressway led to a man who was standing in front of his parked sedan falling off and dying on Rama 9 road after another sedan smashed into it and it was later found that he had 2,000 methamphetamine pills and two small bags of Ice (crystal meth) with him,
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