BANGKOK – THAILAND’S Prime Minister yesterday warned that intelligence had forecast more violent attacks in the kingdom, as police arrested a former soldier suspected of involvement in a string of recent bombings in the capital. ‘There remains a group of people who want to employ violence,’ Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters, adding that there […]
Depending on how key players responsible for the political polarisation can tone down their egocentricity for the sake of the greater good next year, when there will be a general election and celebrations for His Majesty’s auspicious 84th birthday, a fresh start could usher in for the country. Since the end of the red-shirt rally […]
Pattaya, Thailand – The days when foreign paedophiles and criminals could retire in peace in Pattaya – a Thai beach resort infamous for its prostitution and sleazy nightlife – are numbered, at least according to immigration police. On Thursday, Pattaya’s Immigration Office will officially launch the country’s first Transnational Crime Data Centre, equipped with a […]
Thailand’s prime minister warned Wednesday of intelligence forecasting more violent attacks as police arrested a former soldier suspected of involvement in a string of recent Bangkok bombings. “There remains a group of people who want to employ violence,” Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters, adding that there was not specific information about where attacks could […]
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Thailand is urging the government to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions even as it celebrated the convention becoming international law on Aug. 1. More than 100 people gathered that day at Xavier Hall, the Jesuits’ residence in Bangkok, to celebrate the coming into effect of the convention, which […]
Lop Buri – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) in collaboration with relevant officials rescued 10 Laotian women from a prostitution ring late Monday night. The officials are now pressuring the ring’s leader Wiroj Sukpitak to surrender, and trying to locate where other victims have been hidden. The rescue operation took place after two Laotians […]
BANGKOK, Aug 3 – Four Iranian men in their twenties were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in separate crystal methamphetamine smuggling cases involving a total weight of 1.7 kilogrammes of the drug, valued at Bt6 million (some US$180,000), Customs Department Director-General Somchai Sajjapong told a press briefing on Tuesday. On Tuesday the drug was found in […]
Officers from the Child and Women Protection Unit recently obtained an arrest warrant for a 19 year old man who is accused of raping a 16 year old girl in April 2009 inside his friend’s rented room in the Lompok area in Banglamung. On Tuesday Morning the suspect, Khun Manop was located and arrested and […]
