Thailand

Five adult men and two boys have been detained accused of raping a 12-year-old girl close to them in Central Thailand’s Suphan Buri province. Most of the suspects are the victim’s relatives and neighbours. Pol Col Manote Chitphakdi, deputy commander of Suphan Buri police, told a press briefing the victim’s sister, who is also her legal guardian, notified police last …

Chiang Rai police have posted a warning on their Facebook page warning all motorists travelling on the Chiang Mai-Chiang Rai highway. According to Chiang Rai police, a curious number of cars have reported getting flat tires. Police reported that the flat tires have been found to have been punctured by nails. They believe that someone or group may have littered …

Police in Southern Thailand have arrested a 16-year-old boy after he stabbed his mother 12 times, because he didn’t like her rules. The Teen boy has been charged with attempted murder and use of a deadly weapon. A Southern Thailand court in Hat Yai approved his arrest warrant on Sunday Thai Media reported. The attack took place on Saturday at 3am at …

As Thailand continues to suffer economic hardship from the Covid-19 pandemic, Thailand’s Justice Minister has come up with a way to help refill the coffers. Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin has ordered authorities to nail the businesses that launder illicit drug money from the Golden Triangle and seize 1.5 billion from them by August. He said that anti-narcotic officials have already arrested …

The Government of Prayut Chan-o-cha in Thailand has said it will lift the night curfew, imposed nationwide effective on June 15. In line with the fourth round of easing business restrictions the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported. Restrictions on travelling in and out of Thailand remain in place, CCSA spokesman, Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said. The government would maintain controls on …

Thailand’s Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) has announced classes will be split and students will go to school on alternate days when the new term starts on July 1. Reducing the amount of school time they will have for learning. Obec says the decision was made at meeting this week, the Bangkok Post reported. Senior officials met to assess the …

Thailand’s narcotics suppression police have seized a huge amount of drugs and arrested a total 17 people including a Nigerian drug kingpin. In four separate operations police seized 100kg of heroin and 500 kilograms of crystal meth. The arrests were announced yesterday at a press conference at Thailand’s Narcotics Suppression Bureau. In the first cased called “Black Sasimi”, police rounded …

Thailand’s health department on Wednesday reported four new patients with COVID-19 infections, all quarantined Thai returnees. Consequently raising Thailand’s COVID-19 total to 3,125, but no more deaths, over the previous 24 hours. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, a health department spokesman said one new COVID-19 case was a man aged 44. He had worked at a multi-national camp in Madagascar. He returned on …

A criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand has sentenced two Thai restaurant owners to a whopping 1,446 years in prison each for defrauding the public.They were also ordered to repay about 2.5 million baht to their victims. According to Thai PBS, Apichart (Jome) Paronjullaka and Prapassorn Bovornbancha, co-owners of Laemgate seafood restaurant, launched an online sales promotion. Offering their customers e-coupons for cheap …

Police in Northern Thailand were called to a double murder, suicide where a man killed two relatives, stabbed another before killing himself. His motives still remain unknown to police and family members. The attack was reported to Lampang police about 7.45am Friday, Lampang police reported. Police and rescue workers called to the scene found two men lying on the road dead with …