By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE IN CHIANG MAI province seized a record haul of speed pills on the way to the interior of the country in the wee hours today (May 30). A total of 14 million methamphetamine tablets, contained in 77 fertilizer bags, were seized from a pickup truck parked at a hotel in
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Two teenagers die at Pattaya’s ‘Death U-turn’
DUBBED the Death U-turn by the people of Pattaya because of frequent crashes and fatalities, this particular spot in front of Macro South Pattaya lived up to its name again last night (May 29) as two motorcycle-riding teenagers got killed there after they lost balance and were immediately hit by a sedan driven by a
Read moreCustoms Department denies any link to bribe case
THE Customs Department denied any link to a hot issue where its name was wrongfully used to get a large sum of money to pay under the table and clear a consignment of temperature scanners, PostToday reported this afternoon (May 30, 2020). This followed a complaint filed at Pak Klong San police station against a
Read moreCurfew from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., movie halls and theaters to reopen
THE full meeting of the the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) presided over by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this morning (May 29) decided to launch the phase 3 lockdown relaxation on Monday June 1 with curfew to be reduced by an hour from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. with 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Read moreMajority of departing Myanmar workers unlikely to return
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST MYANMAR migrant workers who have left Thailand for home across the border have been found unlikely to come back again for jobs. Suphaphimit Paorik, a deputy governor of Tak province, said today (May 28) up to three-fourths of 1,800-plus Myanmar nationals, who have recently departed Thailand via Mae Sot district
Read moreGunman kills three at Radio Thailand station
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LONE GUNMAN killed three of his own colleagues at a Radio Thailand station in Phitsanulok province today (27.5.2020), police said. The gunman, identified as Wim Sonsud, armed himself with two handguns and fired gunshots at his unsuspecting victims in the premises of the radio station run by the Public Relations
Read more255 foreigners being probed for holding fake Thai ID cards
UPON being alerted by Chinese immigration officials, the Thai Department of Special Investigation (DSI) mounted a search in Chiang Rai for foreigners who had illegally assumed Thai identity and started companies here and netted 255 suspects, INN News reported today (26.5.2020). The police action arose after Chinese immigration officials found out that Mr Kaew Saelee
Read moreNon-Thai students appeal for free lunch, milk
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF NON-THAI students today (26.5.2020) gathered at the provincial hall of Chiang Mai asking for free lunch and milk for themselves and about 80,000 others throughout Thailand. Led by several civil networks, the non-Thai students who have desperately intended to be naturalized as Thais peacefully held up placards calling
Read moreFood vendor held for swindling 20m baht in chit fund scam
A PHUKET food vendor who ran off with over 20 million baht by operating at least three chit funds was arrested in Bangkok and sent back to the resort island even though she had both changed her name and her face through plastic surgery, Sanook.com reported this morning (25.5.2020). Miss Sirikarn or Miss Selsasithorn (surname
Read moreCurfew could be cut by an hour next week
THE National Security Council said today (24.5.2020) that an ad hoc committee on enforcing measures against Covid-19 outbreak would on May 27 consider both phase 3 easing of the lockdown and shortening the curfew by an hour, PostToday reported. Gen Somsak Rungsita, the council’s secretary general, said the committee’s decision on whether to maintain curfew
Read moreLight beams used to protest against emergency extension
Thai Newsroom Reporters LIGHT BEAMS were shot in the night sky in a northern province of Thailand last night by a young man with intent to demonstrate his quiet protest against the one-month extension to emergency rule. Anusit Klangmoo, owner of a light-and-sound displaying firm based in his home district of Phu Sang of the
Read morePattaya hoteliers cry foul over quarantine kickbacks
Pattaya – Representatives of tourism bodies at this seaside tourist city revealed that a gang had contacted them asking for 40% kickback out of 1,000 baht person per day allocated by the government for quarantining Thai returnees for 14 days at suitable establishments, PostToday reported this morning (23.5.2020). This budget for state quarantine would be
Read moreThai-Myanmar motorcycle theft gang busted
POLICE arrested four members of a Thai-Myanmar motorcycle theft gang who dismantled the stolen bikes and sent the pieces across the border for assembly and sale in the neighbouring country, INN News reported today (22.5.2020). Pol Maj Gen Samart Srisiriviboonchai, head of Metropolitan Police Division 5, and Klong Tan police said at a press briefing
Read moreStudents stage small demonstration to mark coup anniversary
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SMALL GROUP of students briefly conducted a banner-wielding demonstration in the heart of Bangkok today (22.5.2020) to mark the sixth anniversary of Thailand’s latest coup. Outside the army headquarters on Rajadamnern Avenue, 10-member students of the Popular Student Network for Democracy demonstrated with banners saying ”Gray Army” and ”Defense Budget
Read moreCambodians nabbed sneaking into Thailand
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO DOZENS OF Khmers were arrested on illegal entry charges after they sneaked across the border into Thai territory today (21.5.2020), police said. One group of 12 Cambodians, seven females and five males, was arrested by the police in Ta Phraya district of Sa Kaeo province while the other group of
Read moreCar bursts into flames soon after purchase
A COUPLE who had just bought a second-hand passenger car narrowly escaped being killed after the vehicle burst into flames minutes after they drove away from the dealer, Sanook.com reported today (21.5.2020). At 12.30 p.m. police at Pakkret, Nonthaburi province, were alerted of a car ablaze at the side of 345 (Pathumthani-Bang Bua Thong) road
Read moreState of emergency extended till end of June
THE National Security Council passed a resolution this morning (21.5.2020) to extend the state of emergency, due to end on May 31, by a month till end of June, PostToday reported. The council’s secretary-general Gen Somsak Rungsita told the Press that this extension is being made to control the outbreak of Covid-19 and is not
Read moreFire guts server cabinet at Government Complex
A SERVER cabinet on the 7th floor of Building B at the Government Complex on Chaeng Wattana Road caught fire at 2 a.m. this morning sending thick smoke all the way down to Entrance One on the ground floor, Sanook.com reported today (20.5.2020). Firemen sprayed water to put out the fire and also brought in
Read morePowerful cyclone Amphan bringing heavy rain
THAILAND is gearing up for the impact of the powerful tropical cyclone Amphan currently moving through the Bay of Bengal towards India and Bangladesh as it is expected to bring heavy rainfall in some areas of the country, particularly the West and the South This tropical cyclone has strengthened with winds topping 260 kph (or
Read moreFormer party executive files case against ‘ghost mask’ gang
THE former chief strategist of Paradonraphab Party has filed a police report against a gang of criminals who have banded under the name “ghost mask” for using weapons to steal face masks and temperature scanners from his building which earlier had been used as this party’s office, PostToday reported this afternoon (18.5.2020). Mr Phanyot Akkhara-amornpong
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