THE Criminal Court this morning (Jan. 8) approved a warrant for the arrest of a hired gun who goes by the name “Sergeant Em Kongruea” on the charges of killing former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya, 74, in the heart of Bangkok last evening, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police
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Off-duty policeman fatally shot while trying to stop a fight
AN off-duty Crime Suppression Division policeman was shot seven times and later died at the hospital after intervening in a fight between a foreigner and a Thai mechanic at Bangkok’s Sai Mai district last night (Jan. 3), Amarin TV said. At around 8 p.m., a police team from Sai Mai station rushed to the
Read moreJimmy Carter, former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, dead at 100
By Reuters and published by CNA Washington – Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as United States president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains,
Read moreInfluencer dies after gulping half bottle of alcohol for 30,000 baht
A SOCIAL media influencer and rapper who shot to fame for selling garlands to feed his grandmother died early this morning (Dec. 26) after gulping down half a bottle of alcohol in exchange for 30,000 baht, Amarin TV said. Many social media pages dug up information about the influencer, Bank Lester, and found out
Read moreSecond Australian teen dies in tainted alcohol case in Laos that has killed 6 tourists
By AP – published by Yahoo!News and Naewna Vang Vieng, Laos – A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said today (Nov. 22), bringing the death toll in the mass poisoning of foreign tourists to six. Holly Bowles,
Read moreBody of foreigner wearing gold jewellery washes up on Pattaya beach
POLICEMEN and rescuers rushed to Pattaya’s Wong Amat beach early this morning (Nov. 22) after the body of a foreign man wearing gold jewellery washed ashore, TV Channel 7 said. Mrs. Praew Phinyoying, 83, said at approximately 6 a.m. a fisherman told her that he found a dead body washed up by the waves
Read more2 Rohingyas dead, 9 in coma after being dumped in Chumphon by human traffickers
HUMAN traffickers taking a group of 70 Rohingya people in a tightly packed pickup truck from Chiang Rai to the Thai-Malaysian border dumped two of them who had died and 10 others with nine now in coma at a dense thicket in Chumphon province, Amarin TV said today (Oct. 17). At 11.30 a.m. Pol.
Read moreDebts likely led to woman killing family, herself
THE shooting deaths of a family of four in Songkhla this evening (Oct. 7) likely stemmed from the wife facing debt problems, Amarin TV said. Pol. Col. Banthoeng Laocharoen, chief of Songkhla city police station, said Mr. Chaichan (surname withheld), a former Songkhla councillor, his wife Mrs. Natthaphat and two children were all found
Read more25 schoolchildren, teachers die in bus blaze
AS MANY AS 25 schoolchildren and teachers died after their bus caught fire in front of the National Memorial on Vibhavadi Rangsit road at 12.25 p.m. today (Oct. 1) with 19 others who escaped being rushed to hospital, Amarin TV and Thai Rath newspaper said. This bus, the second of a convoy of three,
Read moreTunnel search ends with all three workers found dead
ALL three workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel, which is part of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima section of the Sino-Thai high speed train project, died there with the bodies of the two Chinese workers found today (Aug. 30) after their Myanmar colleague’s body was brought out yesterday and have been taken for autopsy, TV Channel
Read moreChinese relative prays outside tunnel after one dead body brought out
AFTER the dead body of a Myanmar worker who was one of three trapped in a collapsed tunnel, which is part of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima section of the Sino-Thai high speed train project, was brought out late this morning (Aug. 29) the relative of one of two Chinese workers still stuck there prayed outside
Read moreFrench movie giant Alain Delon dies aged 88
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Paris – French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, his three children said today (Aug. 18). He was 88. Delon had been in poor health since suffering a stroke
Read more1 Cambodian pilgrim killed, 27 hurt in minibus crash at border
A CAMBODIAN pilgrim was killed and 27 others injured after one of a convoy of hundred minibuses plunged down a cliff near a border checkpoint upon returning home from praying at a temple in Sisaket province at 5 p.m. yesterday (Aug. 4), TV Channel 7 said this morning. Seven seriously wounded Cambodians are being
Read moreIcelandic man found dead at Samut Prakan hotel
AN ICELANDIC man was found dead at a hotel room in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province today (July 17) in unclear circumstances with police assuming that the alcohol he drank triggered an underlying health condition, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. At 11.30 a.m. police at Bang Kaew station were informed of
Read more6 fatally poisoned not shot dead at downtown Bangkok hotel
THE SIX people found dead at a popular hotel in Ratchaprasong area this evening (July 16) were poisoned and not shot dead as initially mentioned by the authorities but all of them are Vietnamese with two holding American citizenship, Amarin TV said. It was initially not clear how the six of them died but
Read morePolice fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya parliament, several dead
By Reuters and published by SwissInfo.ch Nairobi – Kenyan President William Ruto said on Tuesday (June 25) security was his “utmost priority” after protests against a bill to raise taxes descended into violence, with police firing on demonstrators trying to storm the legislature, killing at least five. In chaotic scenes in the capital Nairobi,
Read moreDonald Sutherland, star of ‘M*A*S*H’ and ‘The Hunger Games’, dead at 88
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News DONALD Sutherland, one of Canada’s most versatile and gifted actors, who charmed and enthralled audiences in movies such as “M*A*S*H,” “Klute,” “Ordinary People” and “The Hunger Games,” has died at the age of 88. The actor, whose lengthy career spanned from the 1960s into the 2020s, died on
Read moreUpdate: Policeman admits he killed a Myanmar man at hospital
A POLICEMAN has surrendered and confessed to killing a Myanmar man who was waiting to undergo surgery at Khon Kaen Hospital where his father was also recuperating from an illness and had complained of being disturbed by him, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 8). Pol. Maj. Gen. Anuwat Suvarnabhumi, commander of Khon Kaen
Read morePolice up reward to catch killer who gunned down Myanmar worker at hospital
POLICE increased the reward for information leading to the capture of a man who shot dead a young Myanmar worker at Khon Kaen Hospital to 50,000 baht while confident he will be arrested soon, Thai Rath newspaper said last evening (June 7). At 5.30 p.m. Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppakao Somanus, commander of Provincial Police
Read moreYoung, naked foreign tourist’s body found on Pattaya beach
THE BODY of a young, naked foreign man was found on Pattaya beach at noon today (June 2) with police working on identifying him while an autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of his death, Amarin TV said this evening. Upon being alerted of the naked body of a tourist found lying
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