An HIV-positive former German musician has been charged with abusing seven children and 23 youths in Thailand. The 65-year-old former member of 1980s folk music group Godewind is accused of 403 cases of unprotected sex with child prostitutes, despite knowing he was HIV positive. Due to his HIV status, which he allegedly did not reveal, […]
BANGKOK, Dec 7 – The police on Tuesday arrested an Israeli national drug dealer and his gang members selling drug to tourists and a Kenyan drug trafficker was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Yisrael Krispin, 43, an Israeli national was apprehended in a housing estate in the eastern province of Chanthaburi. The police seized a car, […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday again denied a WikiLeaks report that he discussed the extradition of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra with US President Barack Obama, or that there was a deal regarding the Vikor Bout extradition. Mr Abhisit said he and the US president had not discussed the Thaksin-Bout situation during their Nov 14 […]
BRITISH kickboxer Lee Aldhouse, wanted for murder on Phuket, will appear before a video extradition hearing this week, a British newspaper reports. Aldhouse, 28, suspected of knifing to death former US Marine DaShawn Longfellow in the early hours of August 14 after losing a bar fight, is to appear before magistrates by videolink from Wandsworth […]
SAMUTPRAKARN, 6 December 2010 (NNT)-The National Disaster Warning Center has sent out a ship to moor two new buoys in the Andaman Sea in the hope of being able to warn people ahead of tsunamis. The ship yesterday set sail on a seven-day journey from Samutprakarn Province to the points in the Andaman Sea where […]
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Washington DC in the middle of the month to testify against the Thai government with a US parliamentary commission on human rights, his legal advisor said Monday. Noppadon Pattama said Thaksin was invited to testify to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) over the crackdowns […]
Pattaya bars, Go-Gos, nightclubs and restaurants are now allowed to sell alcohol until late following a recent proclamation by Pattaya Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome. Talks are underway to extend the hours entertainment places selling alcohol so they can stay open 24 hours daily in the Entertainment Zone. Plans for extending alcohol sales to 24-hour a day […]
A hard up University computer science graduate set up a fake Facebook account using a celebrity’s name and defrauded many victims of several hundred thousand baht. Bangkok, the 4th of December 2010: At 10.00 pm on Saturday, Police Colonel Wattana Yee Jin and his team announced the arrest of Miss Sukanya Saichompoo, 23, on charges […]
