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
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Officials puzzled how missing young man survived in the jungle for a week
THE BIG WEEK-LONG search for a Thai tourist missing on Phu Soi Dao mountain at Phu Soi Dao National Park, Uttaradit, ended this morning (July 11) when the young man walked out of the jungle on his own and is still in good health with officials puzzled by his miraculous survival, TV Channel 7
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 moreAmerican man swept into the sea, wife and child rescued in Phuket
PHUKET lifeguards spent more than four hours searching for an American man swept into the sea by strong waves off Nai Harn beach in Phuket last evening (June 9) but managed to quickly rescue his Thai wife and child, Thai Rath newspaper said early this morning. Lifeguards at this beach together with Rawai subdistrict
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 moreBritish man found hanged after quarrelling with girlfriend
A BRITISH MAN was found hanged at a luxury condominium near Bang Saray beach, Chonburi, after quarrelling with his Thai girlfriend, Naewna newspaper said today (May 28). Late last night Pol. Lt. Col. Pattananan Somanwan, an inspector at Sattahip police station, was informed of a foreign man being found dead at this condominium and
Read moreBritish man dies as airplane makes emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport
A BRITISH MAN died and many other passengers got injured after a Singapore Airlines airplane they were travelling in from London to Singapore had to make an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport after running into a severe turbulence, Amarin TV said this evening (May 21). At 7.40 p.m. Mr. Kittiphong Kittikachorn, Suvarnabhumi Airport’s general
Read morePolice moving to arrest 2 Japanese men in murder-mutilation of fellow countryman
THAI police are about to issue arrest warrants for two Japanese men who an eyewitness said murdered and dismembered a fellow countryman then dumped his body parts in deserted alleys at Bang Bua Thong, Nonthaburi, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 24). This case arose on Friday Apr. 19 when Bang Bua Thong police
Read more‘Kicking’ Swiss man hit again for holding registered pistols
THE SWISS man whose visa was revoked after he allegedly kicking a female doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket was hit with another charge of holding two registered pistols because gun ownership is restricted to Thai citizens, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Mar.
Read moreSwiss man charged with assaulting Thai woman at hypermart
ANOTHER Swiss man has been charged with assaulting a Thai woman plus not cooperating with the police by refusing to be fingerprinted and signing documents in southern Trang province last evening, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 6). The Swiss man, Mr. Dieter Matthias Strausmann, 62, who is residing in this southern city on a
Read morePM: Don’t fan anger over foreigner kicking female doctor
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin today (Mar. 3) urged the public not to verbally escalate a Swiss man having kicked a female Thai doctor as she sat watching the moon on the steps leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach on the night Feb. 29, Amarin TV said. Dr. Thandao Chandam, attached to
Read moreTaiwanese man stole car before being shot dead at Suvarnabhumi Airport road
A TAIWANESE man who was shot dead at an abandoned restaurant on Suvarnabhumi Airport road 4 had before his death stolen a car in Pattaya with a fellow countryman, TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said today (Feb 26). Pattaya police station said on Saturday afternoon a Taiwanese woman, Ms. Aiju, 33, filed
Read moreJapanese man chased by knife-wielding cabbie after dispute over not using the meter
GOING VIRAL on Thai social media is an account by a Japanese man on having to run for his life from a knife-wielding taxi driver after a dispute over the latter not turning on the meter, TV Channel 3’s 3PlusNews said this afternoon (Feb. 8). This Japanese man, only identified as X who has
Read moreBlind man run over by train after getting off at the wrong station
A VISUALLY IMPAIRED man died upon being hit by a train after mistakenly getting off at the wrong station during his journey from Nakhon Si Thammarat in the south to Nakhon Pathom in the central region, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. 2). A team from Ban Pong police station, Ratchaburi province which is
Read moreDead wife caught Swiss husband having an affair
A SWISS man who is the second husband of a Thai woman who inherited 13 million baht from her first Swiss husband upon his death in 2021 and had yesterday confessed to strangling her to death was having an affair with another woman, Amarin TV quoted police as saying today (Jan. 30). Ms. Orathai
Read moreSwiss man admits killing missing Thai wife: Police
A SWISS man who is the second husband of a Thai woman who inherited 13 million baht from her first Swiss husband upon his death in 2021 and has been missing since Jan. 8 has now confessed to having killed her, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Jan. 29). Police at Chaliang subdistrict, Khon Buri
Read moreYoung foreign man found hanged at Koh Samui
THE BODY of a young Ukrainian man was found mysteriously hanged with his hands tied behind his back at a remote durian orchard on Koh Samui last evening, Amarin TV said this morning (Jan. 25). Pol. Col. Denduang Thongsrisuk, superintendent of Bo Phut police station, and his team together with forensic officers, a doctor
Read morePolice chasing 2 Indian suspects in dismemberment of Myanmar man
POLICE are certain they will be able to apprehend two Indian men suspected to have killed and dismembered a Myanmar man whose body parts were found in a brand new freezer at a townhouse they had rented for jobseekers to stay even though they have flown back to their home country, Channel 3’s 3Plus
Read moreSuspect in dismemberment of Myanmar man has fled the country: Police
FIVE FRIENDS of a Myanmar man found his dismembered body parts in a freezer at a shophouse in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian district where they all had stayed temporarily as arranged by their Indian job agent this afternoon (Jan. 21) but police said the suspect has now fled the country, Amarin TV said this
Read moreYoung blind man gets help to go to Koh Larn
THAI netizens praised a Good Samaritan who took a young blind man on a trip to Koh Larn, off Pattaya, after he posted a message asking for help to go on a holiday there, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan 8). On Friday Jan. 5 Mr. Jukkapun Katudnon posted a message on a Facebook page
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