Police identified the man as Arnat Saweeyanon, 39, a former air force non-commissioned officer. Mr Arnat was detained at a rented house in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Bang Saphan district after more than three weeks on the run. On June 7, a 27-year-old woman, who has not been identified, told police at Khok Kram station in […]
Kuala Lumpur – A Malaysian court has sentenced two Thai nationals to death by hanging for smuggling more than 20 kilograms of cannabis into the country, a news report said Friday. Iproheng Yeetuwa, 37 and Mueseh Mahsae, 44, were caught in the northern Kedah state in 2009 with 21.6 kilogrammes of cannabis. Read more: The […]
Social Welfare Department Invites Christian ‘Gay Conversion Therapist’ to Train Staff In seeming contradiction to the vast body of scientific knowledge, the Hong Kong government’s Social Welfare Department in mid-June hired the head of a fringe religious organization to teach a workshop to social workers advocating “gay conversion therapy, “ the belief that homosexual identity […]
A court in Burma has convicted the Australian publisher of the Myanmar Times of minor assault and immigration violations. The charges Myanmar Times publisher Ross Dunkley was convicted of assault and immigration violations, but released in recognition of time served in jail while awaiting trial. Dunkley said the verdict was ridiculous and he would appeal. […]
Thai Airways International launches direct flights from Copenhagen to Phuket as well as additional flights from Bangkok to Copenhagen. Flights on these sectors will operate three times per week respectively, utilizing the Boeing 747-400 aircraft, with service commencing on November 11. These flights may be reserved immediately. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
Bangkok police seized more than 600,000 flu tablets containing enough pseudoephidrine to produce methamphetamine, or yaba, worth about 416 million baht from a drug store in Bangkok’s Pratunam area on Thursday. The flu tablets could be used as reagents for the production of methamphetamine and crystal meth, or “ice”, Pol Maj Gen Itthiphon Phiriyaphinyo, deputy […]
Insurgents fired an M79 grenade at the Narathiwat Provincial Hall Friday, in what are seen as a stepped-up attacks ahead of election day. Police said an unknown number of insurgents fired the grenade with a M79 launcher at the Narathiwat Hall in the Government Complex in Muang district at about 11.20am. The grenade missed the […]
BANGKOK, July 1 – CP All Pcl, Thailand’s largest convenience store operator, is confident that this year’s sales will grow by 5-6 per cent as targeted earlier, due to high consumer purchasing power, said Piyawat Titasattavorakul, CP All Managing Director. Consumer purchasing power in the first half of this year has risen as a result […]
