A Thai police officer charged in the death of a Calgary man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing his pregnant wife. Uthai Dechawiwat pleaded guilty to clubbing his 18-year-old wife to death two weeks after their wedding. The police sergeant is also charged in the off-duty shooting of 25-year-old Leo Del […]
The Pattaya police closed-down the karaoke area at Theparrasit, to check employees in the area for drug abuse. Girls with purple urine were numerous. Pattaya, 26 January 2011 [PDN]: At 00.10 a.m. Police Captain Nhophdon Raksawong and Police Sub-Lieutenant Pallop Ringrod, Police Station Pattaya, togetrher with a male and a female police official, went to […]
The situation has not warranted a military intervention, Internal Security Operations Command spokesman Maj General Ditthaporn Sasamit said on Thursday, dismissing the allegation about top military leaders had met at a safe house to plot a coup. “Conditions for coup do not exist and the government administration has steadily brought about improvements,” he said in […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday that there would be an early general election unless the ongoing street protests turn violent. Abhisit said that if constitutional amendments cleared the final reading on February 11 and new electoral rules were promulgated by late February or early March, one of his three conditions for early elections will […]
A former vocational college student has been killed and two others injured in a fight with students of a rival school. Twenty four year old Cherdchai Chaiphak, a former student of Pathumwan Institute of Technology, has been shot and killed in Chatuchak district of Bangkok by students from a rival school. A witness said the […]
BANGKOK, 27 January 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has encouraged motorcycle riders to wear helmets to protect themselves from injuries and fatalities in road accidents, targeting to reduce the number of fatalities caused by accident by half within 2020. Speaking as he presided over an event to launch the campaign on Thursday, the […]
NARATHIWAT, Jan 26 — A Thai local government defence volunteer was seriously wounded in a shooting attack in the southernmost province of Narathiwat’s Rangae district while riding a motorcycle to work. The victim, identified as Mudtorpa Jeteh, 31, a defence volunteer at the Rangae district office, was shot three times in the stomach by unidentified […]
Thai AirAsia has launched its Chiang Mai hub with new daily direct flights from Singapore to the northern Thai city. The introduction of this new route is yet another important milestone for AirAsia as guests can now look forward to better connectivity to Northern Thailand. Chiang Mai is also linked to Bangkok, Hat Yai, Phuket […]
