Barge explosion mid-river in Chao Phraya at Pathum Thani
Barge explosion mid-river in Chao Phraya River at Pathum Thani. Three crewmen jump overboard; two rescued, one missing. MCOT
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20000 CCTVs for Bangkok
Bangkok Governor Sukhum-bhand Paribatra yesterday promised to have more than 20,000 security cameras up and running across the capital before the end of this year. So far, half of them are already in place. “We will install 10,000 more,” he said, adding that many of these cameras would be installed in areas where student brawls […]
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East Runway of Suvarnabhumi airport reopens for use
BANGKOK, 1 August 2012 (NNT) – The Airports of Thailand (AoT) has revealed that the repair work on the eastern runway of Suvarnabhumi Airport is now completed, which is said to be 10 days earlier than expected. According to AoT President Flying Officer Anirut Thanomkulbutra, the East Runway was closed due to sinkholes and scheduled […]
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One killed, one wounded in Bangkok Ratchadaphisek shooting
BANGKOK, July 29- A man was killed and another injured in a shooting on Bangkok’s Ratchadaphisek Road Sunday morning, according to the police. Wirat Diloksi, 37, was killed and Wisan Suriwong, also 37, wounded when a gunman on a motorcycle fired at their pickup truck near Ratchadaphisek Soi 19. MCOT
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Police Seize Sex Aids and Toys from 13 Bangkok Warehouses
Police conducted a simultaneous raid of 13 warehouses scattered around Bankgok that contained smuggled sex toys and sex-enhancement drugs and mobile phone equipment. More than 100 million baht was circulating through a network of Chinese Thai relatives running the illegal operation. Read more: Pattayadailynews.com
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Bangkok police team nabs drug gang
The Arintarat police SWAT team surrounded an apartment near Meng Jai Intersection in Bangkok for three hours early yesterday before arresting seven drug suspects and seizing guns and 25 grams of crystal meth, or “ice”. The team arrested alleged ringleader Pinit Taengwichien, 24, in a sting on the apartment’s ground floor at 4am and found […]
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Uncle-In-Law Sexually Abuses And Tapes 5-Year-Old Niece
A 33-year-old man was arrested and charged with sexually abusing his 5-years-old niece. He also taped the abuse and stored it in a file in his personal computer. NONTHABURI – July 27, 2012: On July 25, a sexual abuse case was reported to Pol. Maj. Gen. Thanayut Wuttijarasdamrong, commissioner of Nonthaburi police; and Pol. Col. […]
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Bangkok: Man killed by electric power pole after torrential rain
BANGKOK, July 26 – One man was killed and another injured on Thursday when unusually strong winds toppled an electric power pole in a blast of torrential rain and wind at the capital’s Ramkhamhaeng Soi 130. Saphan Sung district deputy director Jirasak Setanan said the injured man was sent to Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital. He said […]
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