OF THE 5,514 scam cases reported to police last week (Sep. 13-19) a notable incident involves a 19-year-old male university student who was duped out of 2.4 million baht by fraudsters who posed as police officers and threatened to expose him for money laundering, Amarin TV said today (Sep. 22). The fake cops communicated
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Korean college student dies after being kidnapped and tortured in Cambodia
By Korea Times A 22-YEAR-OLD Korean college student was found dead in Cambodia two weeks after travelling there for summer vacation. Authorities said he was kidnapped and tortured by a local crime group and died of cardiac arrest as a result. According to accounts by police and family members today (Oct. 10), the student,
Read moreThai teachers raise cash to help deported Khmer student
TEACHERS of a school in Surin province raised 14,000 baht for a 13-year-old Cambodian schoolboy who was deported back to his homeland with his mother after an emotional scene at the school with the teachers crying as they hugged the boy before the police led him away, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Aug. 28
Read moreTransvestite hunted in brutal murder of student
POLICE are hunting for a transvestite in the brutal murder of a young university student who was badly assaulted before his body was set on fire at a dormitory in Bang Khen subdistrict, Nonthaburi city district, yesterday (Aug. 7), Amarin TV said today. Pol. Maj. Gen. Prathana Phaenpha, Nonthaburi provincial police chief, and Pol.
Read moreDecomposed body of a woman found, suspected to be kidnapped Chinese student
A DECOMPOSED body of a woman has been found at a garbage dump in Chachoengsao province with police checking whether this is a missing Chinese student who was earlier kidnapped for ransom in Bang Rak area of Bangkok,TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (July 13). The missing Chinese woman was
Read morePrinn get 2 years, 8 months in indecency case
THE Bangkok South Criminal Court has sentenced former Democrat Party deputy leader Prinn Panichphakdi to two years and eight months in jail without parole on charges of subjecting an 18-year-old student to indecent exposure at a restaurant in 2021, Matichon newspaper said late last night (Aug. 22). Mr. Kosolwat Intuchanyong, deputy spokesman for the
Read moreBMA removes all Co2 fire extinguishers, temporarily halts fire drills
FOLLOWING the explosion of a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher during a drill at a secondary school in Bangkok killing a student yesterday (June 23), the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) today ordered the removal of these tanks that are mostly only kept at fire stations and differ from the dry chemical red fire extinguishers placed
Read moreUpdate: Fire extinguisher that exploded did not have a safety valve
POLICE said a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher that exploded during a fire drill at a secondary school in Bangkok killing one student and injuring 29 others was a reusable one but not fitted with a safety valve, Thai Rath and Matichon newspapers said this afternoon (June 23). Metropolitan Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti
Read moreYok explains her actions after termination of student status
SOON AFTER Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School issued a statement late this afternoon (June 17) that 15-year-old Thanalop Phalanchai, or Yok, no longer has student status for not complying with the condition that a parent must hand over the student at the start of the new school year, she clarified her actions in a
Read moreMet police rescanning background of Chinese nationals
THE gruesome kidnap-murder of a Chinese music student last week has led to Metropolitan police rescanning the background of Chinese nationals who have come to Thailand and look into pending cases, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 5). Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppasin Poolsawat, deputy chief of Metropolitan Police Bureau, said all metropolitan units had
Read moreMurdered woman likely Chinese kidnap victim: Police
METROPOLITAN police suspect that the woman who was murdered and her body dumped in an irrigation canal of a deserted banana plantation in Nonthaburi province could be a Chinese student who was kidnapped for ransom on Tuesday night (Mar. 28), Thai Rath newspaper said last night (Apr. 1). The swollen body of the dead
Read moreSuspect in student visa scam nabbed
A THAI MAN was arrested today (Mar. 2) on the charges of defrauding the parents of students studying at a well-known international school by offering to get student visas for a fee but cutting them off upon receiving the initial payment, TV Channel 7 said. Metropolitan police had been tipped off by complaints filed
Read moreFemale Thai student attacked on San Francisco bus
By VOA Thai A FEMALE Thai student who was travelling home on a San Francisco bus earlier this month was punched twice by a man of Latin American appearance who then quickly escaped, VOA Thai said. Ms. Rujira Umboon, 31, told VOA reporters that she was seated on bus number 14 on Dec. 11 evening
Read moreNinth grader falls from school building in Korat, fourth case this year
A NINTH GRADE student in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Korat) died after falling from a building of a top high school in Mueang district last evening (Nov. 10) with this being the fourth such case in this province this year, Matichon newspaper said today. The school was closed today to mourn for the unidentified 14-year-old
Read moreUpdate: Student killed by pen gun bullet, not keyboard explosion
THE teen male student who died while attending a computer class at a school in Bang Bua Thong district, Nonthaburi province, was killed after a pen gun carried by a fellow student went off, not keyboard explosion, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Sept. 15). Initially it was reported that the keyboard of one of
Read moreStudent dies after computer keyboard explodes in classroom
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD male student died after a computer keyboard exploded at a school in Bang Bua Thong district of Nonthaburi province this afternoon (Sept. 15) just moments after he switched it on, Matichon newspaper said. Pol. Capt. Saiyont Thongta, duty officer at Bang Bua Thong police station, rushed to the school to investigate together
Read moreStudent riding a horse to college a hit on social media
GOING VIRAL on Thai social media today (August 30) are photos and a video clip of a student riding his horse to a college in northeastern Kalasin province with lots of netizens liking and sharing them, TV Channel 7 said. It was thanks to Facebook user “Boat” Ekparin Mongkummuen who shared photos and a video
Read moreStudent dashing across the road badly injured after being hit by car
A SEVENTH grade female student who ran across a road in Rayong without heeding a warning from her caretaker and not waiting for her friends was badly injured after being hit by a sedan this afternoon (July 25), Sanook.com said. At 4 p.m. today Pluak Daeng Foundation was notified of an accident on Road
Read moreBullet mix-up leads to student killing instructor at shooting range
AN INSTRUCTOR was shot dead by his student and at a shooting range in Pathum Thani province after she mistook a live bullet lying on the ground for a dummy and loaded it into her firearm then later upon firing at a target hit him, Sanook.com said this afternoon (May 13). Pol. Lt. Col. Somboon
Read moreStudent deported by US arrives in Thailand
THE Thai student who was arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the US, on a drug possession charge although what she was carrying was a massage oil spray and capsules of the Thai herb fah talai jone returned to Thailand at 11 p.m. last night, Sanook.com said this afternoon (June 12). Miss Sirindha Jinparu, 21,
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