BANGKOK Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Sayam Boonsom ordered all 88 police stations under his jurisdiction to urgently hunt for a motorcyclist who slashed the leg of a former Finnish Formula 1 racing driver with the attack believed to have occurred in Lumpini area, PPTVHD 36 said today (May 26). Investigative units at
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South Korean court hands life term to ex‑president Yoon in insurrection trial
By Reuters and published by CNA SEOUL – A South Korean court ordered life in jail on Thursday (Feb. 19) for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, after holding him guilty on charges of abuse of authority and masterminding an insurrection, stemming from his December 2024 attempt to impose martial law. Prosecutors had sought the
Read moreThai troops start dismantling former Khmer refugee camp
THE Thai army today (Oct. 21) started dismantling a former Cambodian refugee camp located within Thai territory at Sa Kaeo province to handover the land to local villagers, Amarin TV said. Burapha Task Force sent Task Force 21 along with heavy machinery to this former refugee camp at Ban Nong Chan village, Non Mak
Read moreNearly 200 ex-senators oppose Pheu Thai-designed casino, online gambling scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEARLY 200 FORMER SENATORS have aired stern opposition to the ruling Pheu Thai’s disputable scheme to open casinos and legalise online gambling and insisted that the coalition government give it up now. Led by former Senate speakers Manoonkrit Roopkhachorn, Thiradej Meepian and Pornpet Wichitchonchai, the 189 former senior lawmakers today
Read moreMinister to probe Joe Ferrari being found hanged in prison
JUSTICE Minister Thavi Sodsong said an investigation of the death of Pol. Col. Thitisan Uttanaphon, aka Superintendent Joe Ferrari, who had been jailed for life for intentionally torturing a drug suspect to death with two plastic bags and was found hanged at Klong Prem Central Prison would be undertaken, Thai Rath newspaper said today
Read moreArrest warrant out for Cambodian in murder of ex-MP in Bangkok
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for a Cambodian man on charges of hiring a former Thai Marine gunman to kill ex-Cambodian MP Mr. Lim Kimya in Bangkok’s Banglamphu area on Jan. 7, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 channel said this morning (Jan. 15). Three charges have been filed against Mr. Rattanaraksmey Ly, whose Thai
Read moreSuspect in killing of ex-Khmer MP refuses to name mastermind
AFTER several hours of interrogation today (Jan. 12) the suspect in the killing of a former Cambodian MP in Banglamphu area of Bangkok last Tuesday revealed almost all the information holding back on naming the mastermind who he said was his benefactor, TV Channel 7 said. Chana Songkhram police station investigators said Mr. Ekalak
Read moreThai-Cambodian police team chase, arrest suspect in murder of ex-Khmer MP
A THAI POLICE team chased a suspect wanted in the murder of former Cambodian MP Lim Kimya in Banglamphu area of Bangkok to Cambodia’s Battambang province and joined forces with their Khmer counterparts in capturing him at 4.30 p.m. today (Jan. 8), Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said late this evening. National Police Chief
Read moreEx-Khmer MP killed in Bangkok allegedly at order of powers-that-be in Phnom Penh
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF a powerful regime in Phnom Penh could possibly have masterminded clandestine, cross-border missions to fatally muffle Cambodian dissidents abroad with yesterday’s murder of a former Khmer MP in Bangkok for instance, Fair MP Kannavee Suebsang said today (Jan.8). The Thai lawmaker was responding to the killing of
Read moreBig hunt for hitman in murder of former Cambodian MP, target pointer likely involved
POLICE are urgently hunting for a suspect in the murder of a former Cambodian MP in the heart of Bangkok last evening (Jan. 7) while certain he was helped by a second person who pointed out the target with this person possibly being a member of the same tour group, TV Channel 7 said
Read moreArrest warrant out for hired gun who shot dead former Cambodian MP in Bangkok
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
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 moreEx-commerce minister Boonsong released on parole after 7 years in jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER COMMERCE MINISTER-turned-convict Boonsong Teriyabhirom was released on parole today (Dec. 2) after he had served seven years in jail in relation to a graft-riddled rice subsidy scheme run by a previous Pheu Thai government. Boonsong who was today released from a prison hospital in Bangkok and heading for his
Read morePisal resigns as Pheu Thai MP, ruling party off the hook over Tak Bai incident
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER SOUTHERN ARMY commander Pisal Watanawongkhiri has recently resigned as Pheu Thai MP, thus rendering the ruling party unaccountable for his previous acts involving the Tak Bai incident. Chief government whip Wisut Chaiyanarun confirmed today (Oct 15) that Pisal who was believed to have fled the country to evade arrest
Read moreSenior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party dies while serving prison sentence
By AP and published by Yahoo!News ZAW Myint Maung, a senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party arrested during the 2021 military takeover, died today (Oct. 7) while serving a prison sentence that was considered politically motivated. He was 72. He was a close colleague of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and spokesperson
Read moreEx-communist insurgent-turned-defence minister Phumtham unwelcomed by military
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NAMING OF PHUMTHAM Wechayachai for defence minister by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra was exponentially raising waves of unwelcoming sentiment and undesirable anguish among the military, either currently serving or retired, said former senator Somchet Boonthanom yesterday (Sept. 3). Somchet, a retired army general, accused the billionaire
Read moreSix-year jail sentence upheld for bribe-seeking ex-Pheu Thai MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (July 9) upheld an earlier court verdict to sentence former Pheu Thai MP Anurak Tangpanithanon to six years in prison due to a five-million-baht payoff which he had unsuccessfully solicited from a senior government official. Supreme Court judges finally ruled the former Pheu Thai MP of
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 moreEx-village head, 15 policemen get jail for colleague’s murder at party
THE MURDER of a highway policeman at a party given by a former village headman in Mueang district of Nakhon Pathom province last September led to 15 policemen and seven civilians including the ex-village headman being jailed for 1.4-2 years for dereliction of duty and helping officers in wrongful conduct today (Apr. 9), Naewna
Read moreEx-inmate writes song with snide lyrics on Thaksin as convict at large
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER MP-TURNED-FORMER INMATE Thepthai Senapong has jumped on the bandwagon of certain political activists by writing a song with sarcastic lyrics in tacit reference to de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra. The former Democrat MP of Nakhon Sri Thammarat who has served 16 months in jail until
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