A WOMAN and her new husband who had tortured one toddler to death and seriously injured the other were given life in jail today (Aug. 30), Amarin TV said. The small boy, Phi Phi, was just two years and one month old when he died on May 26, 2022, after being severely tortured while
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1 student dead, 5 others injured as fire extinguisher explodes during drill
A FIRE DRILL at Rajavinit Mathayom School in Dusit district turned into a tragedy when a carbon dioxide extinguisher exploded killing one student and injuring five others including a coach at 11.30 a.m. this morning (June 23), Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers said. Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti Saengsawang and Nang Loeng
Read moreTangmo Nida’s mum moves to pin murder charge on close friend
THE MOTHER of late actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, who drowned in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip in February last year, went to the Crime Suppression Division today (June 16) to ask that a close friend be investigated on murder charge after fresh evidence emerged, Naewna newspaper and Sanook.com said. Mrs.
Read morePolice know where cyanide killing suspect got poison from
POLICE have found out where the suspect in the cyanide killing of a young woman who is also believed linked to 12 other mysterious deaths got the lethal poison from, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 27). Pol. Col. Anek Taosupap, deputy commander of the Crime Suppression Division, said police had a strong case against
Read moreRussian man dies in fall from Phuket shopping mall car park
A RUSSIAN MAN fell from the third floor of a car park building at a well-known Phuket shopping mall and died on the spot this morning (Apr.27) with surveillance camera clips showing he went in there alone, Matichon newspaper said. At 8.20 a.m. Pol. Lt. Wuthichai Chanphai, a deputy inspector at Vichit police station
Read moreSongkran Festival death toll drops by 5%
DEPUTY Interior Minister Naris Khamnurak said this morning (Apr. 18) that the death toll from road accidents during Songkran Festival’s “seven dangerous days”, April 11-17, 2023, dropped by 5% year-on-year, Thai Post newspaper said. However, while the number of accidents had increased the situation had returned to normal today, he added. Latest statistics show
Read moreTwo men dead in a game of Russian roulette
TWO of six young men drinking in Ayutthaya early this morning (Feb. 18) died in a game of Russian roulette with the same bullet passing from the head of the person who fired the shot to his friend sitting next to him, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 3.30 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Narathip Suthon,
Read moreTu Hao and 40 others hit with several charges, face death penalty
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL filed a string of charges against a key Chinese grey capitalist suspect and 40 others today (Jan. 19) with drug-related offences carrying maximum death penalty, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening. At 3 p.m. today Ms. Naree Tantasathien, the attorney-general, ordered the Office of Narcotics Litigation to submit the 332-page indictment of
Read moreNew Zealander dies in fall from Kanchanaburi train
A TOURIST from New Zealand slipped and fell from the train that had slowed down for passengers to take photos at Kanchanaburi’s Krasae Cave which was the camp of POWs in World War II, Naewna newspaper said today (Dec. 27). At 12.10 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Kiattisak Kerdchok, an investigator at Sai Yok police
Read moreElderly woman freezes to death in Korat
WITH THE mercury having dipped it led to an elderly woman freezing to death in the basement of her wooden house in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 15). Mr. Taweesak Panklang, deputy chief of Ban Rat Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), Soeng Sang district, was informed of a woman having died
Read moreCovid-infected security guard dies at factory booth
A COVID-INFECTED security guard was found dead at the booth of a factory in Suvarnabhumi area this morning (Nov. 25) with four other Covid patients having also died at their homes in Bangkok over the past few days, Naewna newspaper said. Ruamkatanyu Foundation rescuers found Mr. Chaturong (surname withheld), 41, lying dead on the
Read moreSuspect arrested in death of Kyrgyz woman
ONE OF three Chinese suspects being chased after a Kyrgyz woman who had filed a complaint of having been forced into prostitution plunged to her death from the seventh floor of a luxury condominium in Pattaya yesterday was arrested in Bangkok today (Sept. 17), Thai Rath newspaper said this evening. Pol. Maj. Gen. Thitawat
Read moreKyrgyz woman dies in fall from Pattaya luxury hotel
A KYRGYZ woman died after falling from the top floor of a luxury hotel in Pattaya this afternoon (Sept. 16) with a German man who had helped her saying she had been lured into prostitution by a Chinese gang, TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Lt. Col. Pitak Noensaeng, an inspector at Pattaya City police
Read moreTwo Brits, one Moroccan sentenced to death by court of Russian proxy
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report London – Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine were sentenced to death on Thursday by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), one of Russia’s proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported. The court found
Read moreDeath sentence for Joe Ferrari reduced to life in prison
THE Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases this morning (June 8) sentenced Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon, aka Superintendent Joe Ferrari, and six of seven of his subordinates to death for intentionally torturing a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags but this was commuted to life imprisonment because of mitigating circumstances, Sanook.com
Read morePolice moving to arrest 3 suspects in death of Russian woman
POLICE will be asking the court to issue warrants for the arrest of three suspects in the death of a 37-year-old Russian woman who fell from a condo at Patong beach in Phuket on May 31, TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said. The unidentified Russian woman had plunged to her death from
Read more15 senior students expelled over hazing death
THE Rajamangala University of Technology Isan today (Mar. 26) ordered the expulsion of 15 senior students over the hazing to death of a freshman, INN News said. Associate Professor Dr. Kosit Sriputhon, the president of Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, said an investigation into the death of Mr. Phatsayot Cholapakdee, or Nong Prem, 19, a
Read moreFirst-year university student dies during hazing ritual
A FRESHMAN at a university in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Korat) died while undergoing a hazing ritual in a forest with senior students admitting that he was beaten to death during the orientation activities after first trying to cover it up, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Mar. 14). Facebook page Anti Sotus stated the university’s administration
Read moreSaturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon, Mimas, may be hiding a liquid water ocean
By Scott Sutherland, The Weather Network, published by MSN News SATURN’S moon, Mimas, appears to be harbouring a secret. Although once thought to be just a solid ball of ice, researchers have found evidence of an ocean deep under its surface. Mimas has already gained some fame and recognition in the scientific community. As
Read morePolice investigating mysterious death of German tourist
THE overnight death of an elderly German man staying in Chanthaburi province is being investigated after police ruled that it appears to be unnatural, Matichon said today (Jan. 16). A police team from Thai Mai station together with rescuers went to the single-storey house in this district where the deceased man, Mr. Kinsler Rolf
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