TWO SWEDISH men wanted in their home country for allegedly running a call centre gang that scammed over 50 million baht were arrested in Pattaya for overstaying, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Oct. 29). Upon being tipped off that Swedish men who allegedly ran a call centre gang were hiding in Bang Lamung district
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iCon Group programmer ‘transferred billions of baht before arrest’
AFTER court ordered the detention of 18 The iCon Group executives yesterday (Oct. 17) with 17 of them taken straight to prison while the big boss, Mr. Woratphon Waratvorakul, or Boss Paul, was still being questioned by police, it was alleged that more than US247 million, or over 8 billion baht, was transferred out
Read morePregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Thirteen pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth, a senior Interior Ministry official said Saturday. Interior Ministry Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng, who leads the country’s
Read moreHouse gives green light to arrest Pisal in Tak Bai massacre case
THE House of Representative today (Oct. 3) gave the go-head to Narathiwat Provincial Court to immediately arrest Gen. Pisal Wattanawongkiri, Pheu Thai’s party-list MP, for not attending a hearing of a lawsuit on the dispersal of a protest at Tak Bai district that led to 85 people dying on Oct. 25, 2004 when he
Read moreTwo brothers held for producing deadly moonshine
POLICE arrested two brothers for producing deadly moonshine that killed two drinkers and sent 21 others to hospital at their house in Saphan Soong area of Bangkok and they confessed that they had been brewing it for a year and it was distributed to over 18 shops retailing herbal liquor, Naewna newspaper said this
Read moreFrance extends detention of Telegram chief Durov
By AFP and published by CNA Paris – French judicial authorities on Sunday (Aug. 25) extended the detention of the Russian-born founder and chief of Telegram Pavel Durov after his arrest at a Paris airport over alleged offences related to the popular but controversial messaging app. His arrest at the Le Bourget airport outside
Read morePM shocked at deputy minister’s cousin being held for drugs
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin said this morning (June 11) he was shocked to hear that a cousin of Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaiset had been arrested on drug charges, Amarin TV and Thai Rath newspaper said. Speaking to reporters at Government House, the prime minister said he had not met Chada today as he
Read moreWar crimes prosecutor seeks arrest of Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Jerusalem –The chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court sought arrest warrants on Monday (May 20) for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war. While Netanyahu and his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, do not face
Read more3 Korean men wanted for murder of countryman
POLICE are getting ready to issue arrest warrants for three Korean men in the murder of a countryman with his body with all 10 fingers cut off being found in a 200-litre barrel filled with cement and dumped in reservoir in Chonburi last night, Amarin TV said this afternoon (May 12). The victim was
Read moreArrest warrants sought for anti-graft commissioners on duty negligence charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT IS APPEARING to be an unprecedented case, political activist Vera Somkwamkid is seeking arrest warrants for all commissioners attached to the National Anti-Corruption Commission for failure to unveil information to the public. Vera will shortly call on the Administrative Court to issue the sought-after arrest warrants for those
Read morePolice rushing to expand probe after 14-year-old boy was caught smuggling drugs
THE Narcotics Suppression Bureau is quickly further investigating the use of juveniles as drug couriers after a 14-year-old boy was caught smuggling 5.6 million methamphetamine pills in Chiang Mai, Sanook.com said today (May 5). At 3 p.m. yesterday, Pol. Lt. Gen. Kirisak Tantinwachai, commander of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, along with Pol. Maj. Gen.
Read moreAung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest due to heat wave, Myanmar military says
By AP and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. On Wednesday (Apr. 17) it also granted amnesty for over 3,000 prisoners to mark this week’s traditional New Year
Read moreDisabled elderly woman nabbed for selling drugs
A DISABLED 78-year-old woman was arrested at northeastern Roi Et city on charges of selling methamphetamine pills to teenagers in the area, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. 14). Roi Et Narcotics Prevention and Suppression Operations Centre officials had found out that Mrs. Chotima Jeremiah, who is disabled and bedridden,
Read moreMyanmar deports 19 Thais, some with outstanding arrest warrants
MYANMAR deported 19 Thais from Tachileik border town to Mae Sai in Chiang Rai with all rounded up for illegal entry or working in the neighbouring country without permit and six were later found to be wanted here for various crimes, Matichon newspaper said last night (Jan. 27). At the appointed time Myanmar immigration
Read moreAnalysis: ‘House arrest’ for privileged convict Thaksin imminent
By Out-Crowd THE PRIVILEGED DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra is currently speculated to be returned home from Police Hospital shortly and be held in sort of a “house arrest” there. The privileged patient who has been staying for the secrecy-shrouded “illnesses” in a tight-security, private ward at Police Hospital since
Read moreCorrections Dept told to not handle a house arrest for Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT has been advised to never manage a house arrest for de facto Pheu Thai boss/convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra so that he could otherwise literally stay at home in lieu of a prison. Former Democrat MP Thepthai Senapong today (Dec.2) posted on his Facebook page to express
Read moreChada’s son-in-law nabbed on bribery charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SON-IN-LAW OF Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaiset was today (Oct.24) arrested on charges of demanding and receiving a kickback from a waterwork contractor in Uthai Thani, police said. Verachart Rassamee, the mayor of Talukdu municipality in Taptan district of Uthai Thani where Chada himself is a native, was alleged
Read moreNew, open arrest warrant issued for ex-minister who skipped town
THE Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases in Rayong this afternoon (Sep. 7) issued a new, open arrest warrant for former culture minister and Pattaya mayor Itthipol Khunpluem under malfeasance charges stemming from approval of a condominium project in Pattaya over a decade ago, Naewna newspaper said. This non-expiry arrest warrant also applies
Read moreMurder suspects taken to court, face visa revocation
THE three German suspects in the murder of a German businessman in Chonburi last week were this morning (July 13) taken to Pattaya Provincial Court to apply for initial 12-day detention, Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Vachirawit Wisutsereephan and 10 other policemen took Mrs. Petra Christl Grundgreif, 54, Mr. Olaf Thorsten Brinkmann,
Read moreBRICS summit to be ‘physical’ despite Putin warrant: South Africa
By AFP and published by CNA Johannesburg – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday (July 9) that next month’s BRICS summit, which Vladimir Putin has been invited to attend, will be held in-person despite an arrest warrant on the Russian leader. South Africa is the current chair of the BRICS, a
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