BANGKOK – A 44-year-old male inmate with underlying health conditions including HIV has died of mpox (monkeypox) at Thonburi Remand Prison, with approximately 100 other inmates and personnel now under observation, health authorities confirmed. Thailand detects a suspected case of the new Mpox Clade1 variant Dr Montien Kanasawat, Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, […]
Fugitive inmate Chaowalit Thongduang, alias “Sia Paeng Nanod”, who fled a hospital in Nakhon Si Thammarat last October and was arrested in Indonesia last week is to be returned to the country on Tuesday, according to authorities. Thai Police Pursue Foreign Murder Suspects Who Escaped to Turkey A delegation led by Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong […]
A prisoner who escaped from Banglamung Hospital in Pattaya during his genital surgery was arrested this morning by relevant police. The suspect was found hiding on the hospital’s roof, according to reports. Prisoner escapes from Pattaya hospital Officials from the Department of Corrections of the Pattaya Remand Prison successfully apprehended escaped prisoner Mr. Thanaphat “Tor” […]
Police are still combing a forest in southern Thailand to hunt for the convict who made a daring escape from a hospital last month was reported earlier today to have been killed in an exchange of gunfire with policemen, according to a senior police officer. 100,000 baht offered for information leading to arrest of escaped […]
Thailand’s Corrections Department has offered a 100,000-baht reward for anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of a convict who escaped from a hospital in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat early Sunday morning. Ex-convict arrested with drugs, weapons in Surat Thani The fugitive, 37-year-old Chavalit Thongduang, was sentenced to 21 years and […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – Officials at Bangkok Remand Prison indicated that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is now being detained at the medical facility zone inside the prison due to multiple health vulnerabilities. The 74-year-old has been diagnosed with heart disease, lung disease, high blood pressure and spondylosis. Thaksin Shinawatra Moved to Police Hospital Due to […]
KANCHABURI: Two drug detainees broke out of Kanchanaburi Prison on Friday morning, but both have now been recaptured, police said. Justice Minister launches tourism project to help inmates return to society According to an initial report, the escape occurred around 8am when the two male inmates, one Thai and the other a Myanmar national, scaled […]
Thai inmates may watch World Cup 2022 football matches up to 9pm, but without gambling or quarrelling, according to Aryut Sinthoppan, director-general of the Corrections Department. He said that the privilege will, however, depend on whether their prisons have televisions. Full story: thaipbsworld.com By Thai PBS World
