THE SUSPECT in a cyanide poisoning case was rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night after her blood pressure rose high while Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakparn said the total number of mysterious deaths had risen to 10 but the 11th victim survived and is an important witness,
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Key suspect in macau888 gambling case and girlfriend fled weeks ago
AFTER the Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for seven more suspects in the macau888 online gambling network case police said a key suspect, Benz Daemon’s brother and his former actress girlfriend, fled overseas weeks ago, Sanook.com and Thai Rath newspaper said today (Feb. 28). Wanted is Mr. Kittipong “Big” Kajornboonthavorn, 32, the third of
Read moreActress gives more information about macau888 as Benz Daemon is detained
POLICE said actress Arisara “Due” Thongburisut, whose allegations in a Facebook post last month triggered the crackdown on macau888 online gambling network, had given more useful information during interrogation in Taiwan yesterday while her ex-boyfriend and the key suspect in the case has been detained after returning to Thailand from Hong Kong last night,
Read moreLawyer hits ex-deputy PM with false report charge
A LAWYER representing the husband of a woman who had an affair with a former deputy prime minister today (Jan 12) filed a false report charge against him at Bangyikhan police station for having allegedly falsely claimed that he lost over 20 million baht in dowry during their relationship, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Sittra
Read moreFormer deputy premier Yongyuth denies committing adultery
WITH new details emerging about an affair between the wife of a prominent lawyer’s client and a former deputy prime minister, Mr. Yongyuth Wichaidit, who formerly held this senior political position as well as was a former interior minister, came out to deny that it was him, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 9). Mr.
Read moreBrutal employer gets over 14 years for torture
A WOMAN and her two accomplices who brutally tortured a male employee were today (Dec. 14) sentenced by Sing Buri Provincial Court to 14 years and six months in jail and fined 1.2 million baht plus told to pay the victim 6.7 million baht compensation, Sanook.com said. Mr. Kerdphon Kaewkerd, a lawyer who represented
Read moreKanokwan might be deposed, banned from politics in land grab case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY EDUCATION Minister Kanokwan Wilawan who is currently suspended from performing her ministerial duties might possibly be deprived of her cabinet seat and banned from politics due to a national park encroachment case filed against her. The National Anti-Corruption Commission today (Dec.9) petitioned the Supreme Court to consider deposing Kanokwan
Read moreChuan sued for defaming Thaksin 3 days before statute of limitations expires
THE Public Prosecutor yesterday (Oct. 25) filed a lawsuit against Parliament President and incumbent Speaker of House of Representatives Mr. Chuan Leekpai on a charge of defaming former prime minister Thaksin Shinawater on Oct. 28, 2012 just three days before the statute of limitations was to expire, TV Channel 7 said today. Chuan had on
Read moreThai tests positive for fast-spreading BQ. 1 subvariant
A THAI citizen has been found to be infected one of two descendants of Omicron’s BA.5 subvariant, called BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, that are adept at dodging the protective antibodies from prior infection or vaccination and spread faster, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Oct. 18). This new case emerged after two Thais returning from
Read moreEx-minister’s grandson denied bail in drug-rape case
THE CRIMINAL Court today (August 30) denied bail to the grandson of a former minister who has been accused by a young actress of drugging and raping her at a pool villa in Soi Nak Niwat 2, Lad Phrao area, on August 9 with a complaint filed with police on August 11, Sanook.com said. Mr.
Read moreThai woman is the country’s 4th monkeypox case, 2 others exposed
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry confirmed today (August 5) that a 22-year-old Thai woman who frequently visited entertainment venues popular with foreigners in Bangkok has caught monkeypox, thus becoming the country’s fourth case of this infectious viral disease, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, head of the Disease Control Department, said there are two Thai men
Read moreThird monkeypox case emerges in Phuket
A THIRD monkeypox case has cropped up in the country with this being a German man who came to Phuket on July 18 and soon afterwards started having symptoms and later tested positive, Matichon newspaper said today (Aug. 3). Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, head of the Public Health Ministry’s Disease Control Department, said it has
Read moreMonkeypox escapee held in Phnom Penh, declared persona non grata
CAMBODIA confirmed that a Nigerian man infected with Monkeypox who had escaped medical treatment in Thailand was arrested last night (July 23) and he is now under the care of a medical team at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital, Sanook.com said today. The head of Phnom Penh’s Chamkamon district Mr. Thein Sothom announced the arrest of the
Read moreInterpol issues red notice for Thai woman, Singaporean husband in 800m baht fraud case
THAI police are following up on the international hunt for a Thai woman and her Singaporean husband for whom Interpol has issued a red notice after 180 victims of their alleged luxury bags and watches fraud with losses totalling over 800 million baht had filed complaints with Singaporean police, Naewna newspaper said today (July
Read moreUpdate: Construction tycoon gets 3 years and 2 month in jail in black panther case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PREMCHAI KARNASUTA, ex-president of Italian-Thai Development Plc., was today (Dec 8) sentenced to three years and two months in prison on charges of conspiring to slay a black panther and jointly possessing the game’s carcasses in a western forest reserve nearly four years ago. The Office Of Attorney General had
Read moreJoe Ferrari, other suspects deny key charge of intentionally torturing suspect to death
AT THE court hearing of the high-profile police torture case today (Nov. 19) the main suspect, Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon, aka Superintendent Joe Ferrari, and six others all denied the key charge of intentionally torturing a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags, Sanook.com said. The four charges the seven suspects face at
Read moreRung denied bail in crop top Section 112 case
PROTEST leader Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, was today (Nov. 15) denied bail in a Criminal Code Section 112 case, known as the lese majeste law, involving the wearing of a crop top and going to Siam Paragon shopping mall so attired on December 20 last year, Sanook.com and Siam Rath newspaper said. The Centre for
Read moreSuspect in toddler murder case freed on bail
IN a case that has rivetted the country, the suspect in the murder of a toddler who disappeared in Mukdahan province on May 11 last year with her naked body found three days later at a nearby forest, was freed on bail at 5 p.m. today (June 4), Thai Rath newspaper said. Mukdahan Provincial
Read moreCourt says deputy minister can stay despite drug case
By AP and published by Channel NewsAsia THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court ruled today (May 5) that an influential politician and deputy agriculture minister could keep his job and continue as a lawmaker, even though he was convicted and jailed in Australia in 1994 for smuggling heroin. Under Thai law, anyone found guilty of narcotics offences is
Read moreCourt orders MP to stop working in forest encroachment case
THE Supreme Court today (March 25) ordered Palang Pracharath Party MP Parina Kraikupt to stop performing her duties after accepting a case filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) alleging that her chicken farm had encroached on a reserved forest in Ratchaburi province, Siam Rath newspaper said. NACC said in its petition that the police
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