THE ENGINEER supervising the expansion of a road in Rayong province was shot dead by a woman who drove up to talk to him and afterwards fled in the new sedan, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 4) At 10.50 a.m. Pol. Capt. Woradet Phongthong, deputy chief of Mueang Rayong police station, was alerted of the
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Arrest warrants out for 2 Canadians in the killing of gangster in Phuket
THE Phuket Provincial Court approved arrest warrants for two Canadian men, both former soldiers, who are suspects in the the murder of Indian-Canadian gangster in front of his luxury villa at Phuket’s Rawai beach on Feb. 4, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Feb. 12). The two suspects were seen firing a volley of bullets at
Read morePolice: More than 2 men involved in gangster’s murder in Phuket
POLICE believe more than the two identified foreign gunmen were involved in the murder of an Indian-Canadian gangster in front of his luxury villa on Phuket’s Rawai beach last Friday but whether anything Thais were also involved is still being invested, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. 11). National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk said
Read moreGunmen who killed gangster in Phuket identified but have fled overseas
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk said last evening (Feb. 10) that police have the names of two foreign suspects who gunned down an Indian-Canadian gangster in front of a luxury Phuket villa last Friday but they have already fled the country, Thai Rath newspaper said. Police are expediting the issuance of arrest
Read morePolice Chief flies to Phuket to solve Indian Canadian man’s murder
NATIONAL POLICE Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk flew to Phuket today (Feb. 7) to solve the murder of an Indian man with Canadian citizenship at a luxury villa on Rawai beach on Friday night with police investigators having collected more suveilence camera clips and worked out the two assassins’ escape route, TV Channel 7 said.
Read moreSuspect in murder of young woman taken to court for detention
THE SUSPECT in the murder of a young woman at her condominium in Samut Prakan last Saturday was today (Dec. 29) taken for Samut Prakan Provincial Court for the first of seven investigative detention periods, Thai Rath newspaper said. Arrested shortly after the death of Ms. Intu-on, 23, from a stab wound on her
Read moreMan held for stabbing young woman to death at condo
AFTER intensive investigation and questioning nine eyewitnesses police arrested a 41-year-old man on the charges of stabbing a woman to death at a residential condominium building they both reside in with suspect after an initial denial having now confessed the crime, Sanook.com said this morning (Dec. 27). Pol. Lt. Gen. Chiraphat Phumchit, head of the
Read morePolice lay siege to condo after young woman is stabbed to death
SAMUT PRAKAN police laid siege to a residential condominium in Bang Phli district to catch the man who stabbed a young woman to death late last night who is believed to be a co-resident and still within the building, Sanook.com said today (Dec. 26) The body of Ms. Intu-on, 23, was found in a pool
Read moreIndian man held in murder of compatriot
AN unidentified Indian man was arrested today (Sept. 1) on the charges of killing and mutilating a fellow countryman and dumping the two parts of his body at different points in Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok Soi 17, Sanook.com said. It is believed that the motive for the murder was revenge over the deceased having informed the
Read moreSuspect in rape, murder of Swiss woman in Phuket arrested
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk told reporters today (August 7) that a suspect in the rape and murder of a Swiss woman tourist at Phuket’s Ton Ao Yon waterfall on Tuesday August 3 had been arrested, Sanook.com said. However he refused to reveal the details of the suspect held in the rape
Read moreYoung woman killed over 60,000 baht debt
A YOUNG woman was shot dead and her body abandoned near a canal in Phatthalung province last night (August 2) with it later being discovered that she had been killed over a 60,000 baht debt, Sanook.com said today. Upon being alerted of the murder at around 7 p.m. Pol. Capt. Sommai Rakchuchuen of Muang Phatthalung
Read moreYoung girl sees stepdad kill mum, stays with her body all night
AN eight-year-old girl saw her stepfather stab her mother to death and stayed with her dead body all night before altering her landlady at 6 a.m. this morning who then called the police, Sanook.com said this afternoon (May 22). The murder occured at a single-storey shophouse in Muang district of Samut Songkhram province. Within was
Read morePolice confident of catching killer in 3 days’ time
LOPBURI police said this afternoon (May 15) they found out that the man who stabbed his girlfriend to death 27 times is still hiding in their province and are confident of catching him within three days, TV Channel 7 said. This TV channel’s reporters went to talk to the paternal grandmother of Mr. Thanarat Narinsut,
Read moreHunt on for man who stabbed ex-girlfriend to death
LOPBURI police are hunting for a jealous young man who brutally killed his former girlfriend by stabbing her 27 times at the beauty parlour where she worked early this morning (May 14), Thai Rath newspaper said. A team of Lopburi policemen rushed to Dream Hair Spa beauty salon where they found the victim, Ms Chatuporn
Read moreDetails emerge about US citizen charged with murdering Thai wife
A US citizen charged with murdering his pregnant Thai wife was taken for a crime reenactment by Nan provincial police today (My 8), Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Mongkol Samphawaphol, the head of Nan police, said this case, whereby Mr Jason Matthew Balzer, 32, an American programmer, is facing charges of murdering
Read moreUS citizen in Thailand charged with murdering Thai wife
By AP and published by Channel NewsAsia POLICE said today (May 7) that they have charged a United States citizen from the state of Colorado with murdering his pregnant Thai wife. Jason Matthew Balzer, 32, was interrogated today in the northern city of Nan where he had lived with Pitchaporn Kidchob, said Pol Lt Col
Read moreEx-deputy minister gets death in murder case
THE Criminal Court today (Jan. 20) sentenced former deputy commerce minister Pol. Lt. Col. Banyin Tangpakorn to death in the murder of Mr. Chuwong Saetang, a national-level contractor, with the verdict pointing out that his death was not an accident as the defendant has claimed, Amarin TV said. In reading out the verdict in the
Read moreSuspect says he killed doctor after hospital made him pay 130 not 30 baht
A YOUNG man who was arrested at a hotel in Samut Songkhram province on the charges of killing the director of King Mongkut Memorial Hospital at his clinic in Phetchaburi city yesterday has confessed that he did so because he was high on drugs and was displeased that the hospital had charged him 130 and
Read moreEngineer shot dead in front of family at noodle shop
A YOUNG engineer who ran a noodle shop as a secondary source of income was shot dead in front of his family by a motorcycle gunman in Tha Phra area at around 9 p.m. last night, Thai Rath newspaper reported. Police from Tha Phra station rushed to Jabkang noodle shop upon being alerted of the
Read moreCouple shot dead over barking pet dog
A COUPLE was shot dead in Chonburi province by their neighbour with whom they had long-running arguments over their pet dog’s excessive barking with this lasting an hour last night (Nov. 10) before he lost his temper and he gunned them down, Thai Rath newspaper report. Samet district police team rushed to the house and
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