PATTAYA police are urgently searching for an unidentified woman seen in a surveillance camera footage leaving the condominium unit where a Swedish man was found dead yesterday (July 17) with another foreigner, an Australian, also found dead in the same building a couple of hours earlier, Naewna newspaper an Amarin TV said. At 2
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Relatives take Rama II road victim’s body back to their hometown for funeral
THE LATEST victim of debris falling and killing people on Rama II road who suffered a ruptured liver after two chunks of concrete fell on his pickup truck as he was passing beneath a flyover to Samut Sakhon where he worked early yesterday morning (Apr. 29) died last night with this wife and relatives
Read moreVatican: Pope Francis died of stroke, cardiac ‘collapse’
By AFP and published by CNA Vatican City – Pope Francis died of a stroke, the Vatican said on Monday (Apr 21), amid widespread mourning for the 88-year-old reformer who inspired devotion but riled traditionalists during 12 years leading the Catholic Church. The Argentine died on Monday morning at the Santa Marta residence where
Read moreKlong Prem prison commander transferred over Joe Ferrari’s death
THE Corrections Department today (March 12) transferred the acting commander of Klong Prem Central Prison back to his previous duty with the department’s deputy director-general moving in to take charge while investigation of the death of Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon, aka Superintendent Joe Ferrari, who was found hanged with a towel in a cell
Read moreCourt refuses bail for second suspect in bullied influencer’s death
THE APPEALS Court today (Dec. 31) denied bail for a second suspect in the death of an influencer/rapper who was known to have been often paid to be bullied and died at a party after gulping down two of three 350ml bottles of alcohol for payment of 30,000 baht, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon.
Read moreSuspect in death of bullied influencer bailed out
A SUSPECT in the death of influencer/rapper who was known to have been often paid to be bullied and died at a party after gulping down two of three 350ml bottles of alcohol for payment of 30,000 baht was released on 200,000 baht bail today (Dec. 29) but has to wear an electronic monitoring
Read moreSuspect in death of bullied influencer detained
A WELL-KNOWN influencer has been ordered by court to an initial 12-day detention in the death of another influencer/rapper who was known to have been often paid to be bullied with the latest incident in which he was offered 30,000 baht to gulp down a lot of alcohol in one go leading to him
Read moreSinger did not die from massage: Minister
PUBLIC Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin today (Dec.9) denied that a Thai singer died after a masseuse twisted her neck pointing out that Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan did not show any fractures or dislocation while a doctor had diagnosed that she was suffering from spinal meningitis that led to a bloodstream infection, TV Channel
Read moreSingaporean tourist, Thai singer die after getting massage
A SINGAPOREAN tourist holidaying in Phuket died after a massage at a parlour in Phuket late last night (Dec. 7) with a Thai female singer too dying today after a masseuse at a Thai massage parlour in Udon Thani twisted her neck, Amarin TV said. At 11.05 p.m. Pol. Col. Chalermchai Hirasawat, superintendent at
Read moreCourt orders death sentence for serial killer Am Cyanide
THE CRIMINAL Court on Ratchadapisek today (Nov. 20) today ordered the execution of serial killer Ms. Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn, or Am, while her ex-husband was sentenced to one year and four months in jail and her lawyer was given two years in prison without probation for helping destroy evidence, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV
Read moreSocial media mourns heroic boy who died trying to save friends from burning bus
EVEN AS Thai netizens joined the whole country in mourning the tragic death of 23 mainly kindergarten and primary schoolchildren and teachers in a bus that caught fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit road while on a field trip on Monday (Oct. 1), a special focus is on an heroic young boy who had managed to
Read moreInferno bus in use for 54 years
THE BUS that caught fire on Vibhavadi Rangsit road leading to the tragic death of 23 mainly kindergarten and primary schoolchildren and teachers had been in use for 54 years with the engine switched from Isuzu to Benz at a later date, Amarin TV said this morning (Oct. 2). This bus, the second of
Read moreForeign couple die in fall from Bangna condo
A FILIPINO MAN and his Chinese wife, both language teachers, fell to their death from a high-rise condo in Bangna last evening (Aug. 26) and died on the spot, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 5 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Suthep Suphot at Bangna station was informed of a couple having plunged to their death
Read moreMystery surrounds death of Indian man in Pathum Thani
AN INDIAN man who disappeared after a row with his Thai partner was found to have plunged to his death in a shop upfront an apartment building in Pathum Thani where he had rented a flat, Naewna newspaper said today (Aug. 20). Pol. Lt. Gen. Anusorn Wiangsima, deputy inspector at Khlong Luang police station, quickly
Read moreDeath penalty for Banyin upheld by Supreme Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (June 27) upheld the Appeals Court’s earlier sentencing of Banyin Tangpakorn, a former Pheu Thai MP and cabinet member, to death penalty due to a cold-blooded homicide case. The Supreme Court ruled that Banyin had perpetrated the premeditated, covered-up murder of Chuwong Sae Tang, a millionaire
Read moreA powerful person stopped release of video clips on activist’s death: Lawyer
THE LAWYER for woman activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom who died while holding a hunger strike during detention at a Bangkok prison said he suspects someone powerful has ordered the Corrections Department to not hand over video clips on her medical treatment at prison hospital prior to her death, Amarin TV said today (May 24).
Read morePita: Activist’s death an opportunity to put out political fire
FORMER Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat said today (May 19) the tragic death of political activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom due to a hunger strike during detention at a Bangkok prison is an opportunity to remove the fuel from political fire should all sides reach an agreement, Naewna newspaper said. Speaking at Bitec before his
Read moreGovt urged restore bail access to political defendants
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF PRO-DEMOCRACY activists today (May 16) urged the government to return access to release under bail to all politically-charged defendants. The pro-democracy activists including Patasaravalee Tanakitvibulpon, Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul and Jatupat Boonpattararaksa lodged the petition at Government House for the Pheu Thai-led government to return bail access to
Read moreEnvoys of world democracies express condolences for Netiporn’s death
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AMBASSADORS OF WORLD democracies based in Bangkok have expressed condolences for yesterday’s tragic death of Thai woman activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom due to her hunger strike during detention. The envoys of world democracies included the United States’ Ambassador Robert F. Godec, the United Kingdom’s Ambassador Mark Gooding, Germany’s Ambassador Ernst
Read moreAnother damaged manhole cover found in Lat Phrao
JUST two days after a man plunged to his death after stepping on a piece of decaying plywood covering a tube well at a traffic island on Lat Phrao road, another damaged manhole cover was found in the same area last evening (May 4), Amarin TV said. Rescuers were alerted about the damaged manhole
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