A WELL-KNOWN whistleblower was arrested by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) police on charges of extorting 2.5 million baht from a former Immigration police officer to not broadcast allegations of smuggling out Chinese suspects from a detention centre, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (April 21). The CIB police team arrested Mr. Achariya Ruangratanapong, president
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Tax hike will make Thai airports more expensive than world’s best
AFTER Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) announced an increase in the international departure passenger service charge (PSC) from 730 baht to 1,120 baht per person, effective June 20, 2026 onwards, it has been noted that Thailand thenceforth would be charging more than leading airports worldwide, Naewna newspaper said yesterday (Feb. 20). The fee increase
Read moreHungarian man charged with stealing 1.5m baht
A HUNGARIAN man was arrested in Chonburi today (March 8) on a charge of stealing 1.5 million baht from a vehicle parked at a shopping mall in Nonthaburi last Monday (March 3), Amarin TV said. Region 1 Provincial Police, together with an investigation team from Nonthaburi, tracked down and arrested Mr. Altal, 57, at
Read more2 Ugandan women charged with stealing from Canadian man in Pattaya
ACTING on a complaint by a Canadian tourist that two Ugandan women had stolen almost 100,000 baht from his hotel room safe after he had invited them over, police arrested them last night (June 17) but they denied the charge, TV Channel 7 said this morning. Policemen from Bang Lamung station and Immigration Division
Read moreJustice minister confirms Thaksin has been granted parole
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-CUM-CONVICT Thaksin Shinawatra has already been granted parole, confirmed Justice Minister Thawee Sodsong today (Feb.13). After spending half of his curtailed, one-year jail sentence accounting for a six-month period at Police Hospital since August, the de facto Pheu Thai boss is being released on parole among
Read moreRussian man wanted on drug charge nabbed after hiding in Thailand for 10 years
IMMIGRATION Bureau police today (Feb. 9) arrested a Russian man wanted in his home country on a drug charge after hiding in Thailand by overstaying his visa for more than 10 years, TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Phanthana Nuchanart, deputy chief of the Immigration Bureau, said the Chonburi office team was tipped
Read moreMove Forward MP to Resign in addition to already-served jail term
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP Nakhornchai Khunnarong of Rayong confirmed today (July 27) he will resign as an elected lawmaker shortly in addition to an already-served jail term due to a convicted crime which he perpetrated 24 years earlier. Nakhonchai admitted that he had been sentenced to one and a half years
Read moreMove Forward MP seeks justice for branding Prayut ‘criminal’ PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP Amaratana Chokpamitkul said today (Nov.14) she will be seeking justice in court after turning herself in at a Bangkok police station for branding Prayut Chan-o-cha a ”criminal” prime minister online. The woman lawmaker turned herself in at Nang Lerng police station in the face of an arrest
Read moreEx-park chief, accomplices face premeditated murder charge in Billy’s death
ATTORNEY General Singchai Thaninsorn issued an order based on a dissenting opinion to charge the former head of Kaeng Krachan National Park and three other accomplices with the premeditated murder of Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, or Billy, the Karen leader of Pong Luk Bang Kloy village, Matichon newspaper this afternoon (August 15). Mr. Prayut Petchkun, a deputy
Read moreCourt acquits truck driver charged with possessing 1 Speed pill
HUA HIN Provincial Court quashed a charge of possessing one methamphetamine (Speed) pill filed against a truck driver after a police search on November 13 last year landed him in a legal tangle, Channel 3 News reported today (Sept. 22, 2020). Mr. Sophon Wongsawat, 47, was driving a truck loaded with rubber sheets from Chumphon
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