BANGKOK, 6 January 2011 (NNT) – Thai Police Chief Police General Priewpan Damapong has instructed the Metropolitan Police and the Central Investigation Bureau to increase security around Chatuchak market following the recent fire. The fire occurred on January 4, two days after the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) returned the management of the popular weekend market […]
A passenger van collided with an 18-wheel truck on the motorway heading to Chonburi on Friday morning, resulting in five deaths and eight people injured. The Jor Sor 100 traffic radio station reported that a passenger van travelling between Bangkok and Chachoengsao ploughed into the back of the truck at the 34th kilometre stone about […]
Hundreds of protesters have closed off the inbound lanes of Rama II Road heading into Bangkok from Mahachai District of Samut Sakhon Province. The locals are unhappy that 2,000 baht coupons given to them by the Energy Ministry to help relieve flood victims cannot be used. Read more: TAN Network
Police arrested a suspended police officer for allegedly shooting and wounding many motorists on Ratchadapisek Road on December 23. Police Lance Corporal Thirayu Phetmeekha, 28, was nabbed in his home town in Songkhla province, the media were told yesterday. He has allegedly confessed that he got drunk after attending a wedding party in Bangkok’s Huai […]
An armed robber was shot dead while exchanging fire with police in a department store in Bangkok, reports said Thursday. About 11.40am, two men made off with gold ornaments from the Aurora gold shop at the Sukhaphiban 3 branch of Big C department store, the reports said. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, Dec 29 – Bangkok’s Mo Chit 2 bus terminal was crowded on Thursday morning with passengers returning home for the 2012 New Year, while the Transport Company prepared buses sufficient for 5,000 trips per day, or 25,000 trips for the five-day holiday period. Wuttichart Kalayanamitr, Transport Company president, said he expected the number of […]
A Frenchman wanted on charges of trafficking in cocaine and marijuana in France was arrested by immigration police at a rented apartment on Lat Phrao 101 Road in Bangkok on Wednesday. Immigration bureau chief Pol Lt Gen Wibul Bangthamai, said David Sellem, 30, was arrested at the request of the French embassy in Bangkok. Read […]
BANGKOK, Dec 28 – Thailand’s capital Bangkok was ranked at the top of this year’s top ten popular cities among Thai and foreign tourists in a survey conducted by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. Ministry Permanent Secretary Suwat Sidthilaw and Spokesman Watchara Kannikar on Wednesday told a news briefing that the ministry had carried […]
