An association of Bangkok cabdrivers filed a formal complaint with the Metropolitan Police over harsh new rules aimed at taxi drivers. The new rules would fine a cabdriver 1,000 THB for refusing to take a fare. The public can also complain directly to police, who will take action. BANGKOK – September 18, 2012 [PDN]: At […]
Five companies of anti-riot policemen were deployed to guard the US Embassy in Bangkok yesterday as about 400 muslims staged a protest against the US government over an anti-islam film. “Destroy America!” the protesters chanted, waving placards near the embassy, which closed at noon ahead of the demonstration. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, Sept 18 – Hundreds of Muslims in Thailand protested peacefully outside the US Embassy in Bangkok against a film considered offensive to islam which prompted violent anti-US protests around the muslim world. About 400 police officers were deployed to maintain law and order. MCOT
A 59-year-old German man jumped off the 10th floor of a Bangkok hotel after he was robbed of 6,000 THB by two Thai women two days earlier. He survived his fall after landing on the 3rd floor rooftop deck of a 7-Eleven store, but was seriously injured. Read more: Pattayadailynews.com
Pattaya; Bangkok police arrested Prijatkin Maksim and Melnik Alexandre, 2 young Estonian gang members caught in a 10 Million baht fraud. When two young Estonians came under the scrutiny of Bangkok Police’s Fraud division, the 19 and 24 year old didn’t stand a chance. Read more: Pattaya103.com
BANGKOK, 16 September 2012 (NNT) – M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Governor of Bangkok, today opened an event that aims to encourage Bangkok residents to play hula hoops for their health. The event is held at the Thai-Japanese Youth Center sports field. The Bangkok Governor said the event was intended to promote exercising among public members […]
A taxi driver wanted for a fatal hit-and-run in Bangkok’s Soi Sathorn 3 (Soi Suan Phlu), which killed a British woman and seriously injured her friend at 4am yesterday, turned himself in to Thung Mahamek police. He was later released on bail of Bt100,000. British woman Joanna Helen McKiddie, 29, was killed instantly, while her […]
Run-off water from upstream zones will raise the level of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok by just 3-4 centimetres, a prominent water expert working for the government said yesterday. To Royol Chitdon, director of the Hydro and Agro Infomatics Institute, continued downpours over Bangkok are clearly more of a threat than the run-off. Read […]
