METROPOLITAN Police investigators today (Nov. 13) arrested a former Special Branch police officer at a well-known hotel in central Bangkok on charges of kidnapping and extorting a Taiwanese businessman in 2021, Naewna and Thai Rath newspapers said. Mr. Santhana Prayoonrat, nicknamed Rong Tor, was taken to Thonglar police station for questioning and after investigation
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Mum of young Thai girl sex trafficked in Japan arrested in Taiwan
THE biological mother of a 12-year-old Thai girl abandoned at a massage parlour in Tokyo, Japan, for prostitution has been detained in Taiwan in a separate prostitution-related case, Naewna newspaper quoted foreign media as saying this evening (Nov. 8). In September this year this young girl filed a complaint at the Japanese Immigration Bureau
Read moreTaiwanese gang caught smuggling wild animals strapped to their legs
ARRESTED at Don Mueang Airport today (Oct. 17) were three Taiwanese men who were smuggling 52 wild animals strapped to their legs, Amarin TV said. This followed the arrest of another Taiwanese man, Mr. Chiu, 54, on Oct. 7 with wild animals likewise wrapped around his legs including two slow loris, a squirrel, three
Read moreSuper Typhoon Ragasa to unleash torrential rain in Thailand
By AFP – published by CNA and Amarin TV AS Super Typhoon Ragasa approached the Philippines and Taiwan today (Sep. 21) the Thai Meteorological Department warned that the monsoon hanging over Thailand will intensify when it reaches South China Sea. However it is expected to weaken after making a landfall in northern Vietnam on
Read moreCyber police round up Taiwanese grey capital gang in Phuket
A GANG of Taiwanese grey capitalists who had set up an online system to quickly transfer money for illegal gambling website owners was arrested in Phuket, Naewna newspaper said late tonight (Feb. 11). Pol. Lt. Gen. Trirong Phiwpaen, head of the Technology Crime Suppression Division, said their operation, “Hunting Down the Island, Breaking Up
Read moreArrest warrant issued for MP on charges of raping Taiwanese woman
THE CHIANG MAI Provincial Court has issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Chaiyamparvaan Manpianjit, nicknamed Pu-ad, a Bangkok MP for Thai Progressive Party, on charges of raping a Taiwanese tourist , Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. 7). The alleged incident occurred at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 9 within a hotel
Read moreChina says US is ‘playing with fire’ after latest military aid for Taiwan
By AP and AFP – published by CNA Beijing – The Chinese government protested on Sunday (Dec. 22) the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is “playing with fire”, AP said. On Saturday, US President Joe Biden authorised the provision of up to US$571
Read moreTugboat seized and captain arrested in major international drug bust
A TUGBOAT to be used to tow a ship about to smuggle a large amount of drugs to Taiwan and the Philippines territorial waters was seized and the ship’s captain arrested today (Dec. 18), TV Channel said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Santi Chainiramai, acting chief of Narcotics Suppression Bureau, said this is a large international
Read moreTaiwan shuts down for arrival of Super Typhoon Kong-rey
By Reuters – published by CNA and CNN Taipei – Taiwan shut down ahead of the arrival of Super Typhoon Kong-rey today (Oct. 31) with all cities and counties declaring a day off, financial markets closed and domestic flights cancelled for what is expected to be the largest storm by size in 30 years.
Read moreTravellers warned to beware of Tropical Storm Maliksi
WEATHERMEN warned travellers to beware of Tropical Storm Maliksi which at 4 p.m. Thai time today (May 31) was centred around 120 kilometres from Yangjiang City in China’s Guangdong province. In its latest announcement, the Thai Meteorological Department said this tropical storm, which intensified from a depression in the upper South China Sea, has
Read moreA strong earthquake shakes Taiwan, damaging buildings and causing a tsunami
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Taipei – A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday (Apr. 3), collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands. A five-storey building in lightly populated Hualien appeared heavily damaged, collapsing its first floor and leaving
Read more‘Turn around immediately’: Taiwan warns off Chinese coast guard boats again as tensions simmer
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Taipei – Taiwan on Saturday (Mar. 16) warned off Chinese coast guard ships that entered its restricted waters near frontline islands close to China for a second day in a row, as tensions simmer across the sensitive Taiwan Strait. Taiwan’s coast guard said four Chinese coast guard boats
Read moreSuspect in murder of Taiwanese man arrested in Cambodia
CAMBODIAN police have arrested a Thai woman who together with four Taiwanese men are wanted in the murder of another Taiwanese man whose body was found at an abandoned restaurant on Suvarnabhumi Airport road 4 on Sunday (Feb. 25) with all five having fled to the neighbouring country within hours of his death, Naewna
Read moreFive US aircraft carriers now sail in Western Pacific
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED STATES NAVY is currently deploying as many as five aircraft carriers and their escort ships in the Western Pacific Ocean which covers the disputed East China Sea and South China Sea in the wake of sustained tensions among Asian countries. As maritime tensions have evidently remained between China
Read moreTaiwan’s new president faces ‘tough’ time with China pressure, no parliament majority
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Taipei – Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te could face a tough four years in office with no parliamentary majority, an opposition which wanted to re-start a vexed service trade deal with China and the ever present threat of military action from Beijing. Lai, from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party
Read moreArrest warrant out for Thai woman in brutal murder of Taiwanese man
AFTER arresting two foreign men in the murder of a Taiwanese man at a hotel on Udomsuk road (Sukhumvit Soi 103), Bangna district, on Thursday (Nov. 16) police are hunting for a Thai woman while her partner, earlier identified as an American but actually from Vanuatu with dual Iranian nationality, has fled overseas, Matichon
Read moreCriminal link in murder of Taiwanese man at Bangkok hotel
A TAIWANESE man with a record of involvement in fraud and human trafficking in his home country was found murdered with his hands and feet tied up at a hotel on Udomsuk road (Sukhumvit Soi 103) late this morning (Nov. 16), Sanook.com said. A Bangna police station team rushed to investigate and found out
Read more17 Indian star tortoises seized at Suvarnabhumi Airport
A THAI woman was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 2 a.m. yesterday (Nov. 2) while trying to smuggle 17 Indian star tortoises to Taiwan, Thai Rath newspaper and TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Phakphong Phathong, a forestry expert and head of the wildlife checkpoint at this airport, became suspicious after an X-ray of a
Read moreThailand to offer Indian, Taiwanese tourists visa-free entry
By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch THAILAND will waive visa requirements for arrivals from India and Taiwan from next month to May 2024, a government official said today (Oct. 31), in a bid to draw in more tourists as high season approaches. Thailand in September scrapped visa requirements for Chinese tourists, the country’s top
Read moreTropical Storm Koinu to hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11
THE CEO of a public-listed engineering company issued a warning that a tropical depression hanging over the Pacific has turned into Tropical Storm Koinu and as it moves westwards will hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Chawalit Chandrarat, CEO of Team Consulting Engineering and Management Plc, or Team Group, said Koinu
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