BANGKOK, 9 May 2012 (NNT) – A fire broke out in Bangkok’s Dusit District, burning over 10 commercial buildings on Wednesday morning. Fire-fighters rushed to the scene and were successful in putting out the blaze. As a community in Wat Yuan, close to the Bo-bae Market near Maha Nak Intersection, was on fire, panicking residents […]
BANGKOK, May 9 – At least five persons were hurt Wednesday in a cooking gas explosion at a steak house in downtown Bangkok’s Soi Rang Nam. The explosion occurred midday at a four-storey commercial building in Soi Rang Nam near the Victory Monument and Sri Ayudthya School when a mechanic was trying to fix the […]
The People’s Alliance for Democracy has scheduled May 26 to hold a political concert and talk show in Lumpini Park to raise awareness about political reforms, PAD spokesman Panthep Pourpongpan said on Wednesday. “At the event, PAD leader Sondhi Limthongkul will be the sole speaker on the reforms needed to clean up Thai politics,” he […]
BANGKOK, May 8 – The failure of the steel cable or wire rope supporting the platform carrying workers installing advertising banner on the exterior of Thailand’s tallest building, Baiyoke Tower II, killing three men, was caused by being overloaded, according to the initial investigation. Pol Maj-Gen Anuchai Lekbamrung, deputy metropolitan police chief, released the information […]
BANGKOK, May 7 – Three men were killed as they fell from the 68th floor of Thailand’s tallest building, Baiyoke Tower II, as a cable supporting the platform carrying the workers installing the billboards parted. The accident occurred when five billboard installation workers were on their platform alongside the exterior of the building. Three men […]
A drug suspect was shot and seriously injured after he attempted to run his taxicab into a policeman to make an escape from a sting operation in the heart of Bangkok early yesterday. Wanchai Wongjanruang, 32, received a gunshot wound in the nape of his neck. He received treatment at Bumrungrad Hospital under the social-security […]
The 191 Police Taskforce yesterday raided an online baccarat/football betting operation in Bangkok’s Wang Thong Lang district, the taskforce deputy commander Pol Col Suthin Sabphoung said yesterday. Suthin led 191 and Wang Thong Lang officers at 1:00 pm yesterday to search rooms number 206 and 232 at Thong Charoen Mansion in Soi Lat Phrao 122. […]
Bangkok Police have busted a Taiwanese gang involved in a call-center fraud, in which victims were tricked into paying more than 100 million baht. Immigration police have arrested 13 Taiwanese on charges of international crimes during a raid on a house in Chaengwattana Soi 10 in Lak Si District, in which six computers, 17 phones, […]
