A YOUNG Thai man who has just returned from studying abroad and was caught jet-skiing at heavily flooded New Petchaburi road was given 15 days in jail and fined 5,000 baht with the sentence suspended for one year accompanied by a one-year probationary period, 12 hours of community service, and the confiscation of his
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Court 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 morePita confirms appealing suspended sentence over 2019 rally
AFTER PATHUMWAN District court sentenced former Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, Progressive Movement Chairman Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit plus six others to four months in jail suspended for two years over a peaceful demonstration at the skywalk intersection in front of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre on Dec. 14, 2019, the former confirmed that they will
Read morePenguin, three others get one year suspended sentence
PROTEST leader Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, and three other activists were today (Sept. 12) sentenced to two months in jail and fined a total of 11,300 baht each for holding a rally in front of Bang Khen police station in 2020 but this was suspended for one year while three others were only fined, Matichon
Read moreBlinken denounces new three-year term for Aung San Suu Kyi
By AFP and published by CNA Washington – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today (Sept, 3) denounced a new three-year sentence imposed on Myanmar’s ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and urged further pressure on the country’s junta. “We strongly condemn the Burma military regime’s unjust sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi
Read moreSaudi woman gets 45 years in prison for social media use
By AP and published by US News & World Report Dubai, United Arab Emirates – A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging the country through her social media activity, according to a court document obtained today (August 31). It was the second such sentence that has
Read moreAunt Pao, 7 others get suspended sentence in anti-Prayut protest case
THE Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek road today (Aug. 2) sentenced Ms. Worawan Sae-ang, or Aunt Pao, 67, and seven other defendants in the case arising from the “August 11 Chase the Tyrant” protest to one year in jail and 20,000 baht fine each but this was suspended for three years with two-year probation imposed plus
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 moreSpeeding cop who killed doctor dismissed after being sentenced
THE POLICEMAN who last January hit a woman doctor at a Phaya Thai road pedestrian crossing while zooming through on a big bike leading to her death was dismissed from service after the the court sentenced him to one year and 15 days imprisonment without parole and fined him 4,000 baht, Thansettakij newspaper said this
Read moreSuu Kyi sentence reduced to two years from four – Myanmar state TV
By Reuters staff, published by Swissinfo.ch and Channel NewsAsia MYANMAR’S deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had her sentence reduced from four years to two years after a partial pardon by the head of the military-appointed government, the country’s state television reported today (Dec. 6). Earlier on Monday, a court in Myanmar found
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 moreLopburi gold shopper robber-killer gets death
A DIRECTOR of an elementary school who killed three persons including a two-year-old toddler and injured four others while robbing a gold shop in Lopburi province in January this year was today (August 27) sentenced to death without reprieve because he poses a danger to society, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Mr. Prasittichai Khaokaew, or Golf,
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