About 7,000 counterfeit lollipops and other items were seized on Tuesday in a raid on a factory in Bangkok’s Thung Khru district after consumers filed several complaints about poisoning. Many of the lollipops were being sold as famous brands or those that had Food and Drug Administration certificates. Read more: The Nation
Despite last year’s violence in the city and the lingering political uncertainties, Bangkok is ranked first among Asian cities based on the estimated number of international arrivals by air and the level of visitor expenditure this year, according to the findings of a study conducted by a leading credit-card company. Globally, the capital is the […]
BANGKOK, June 1 — Investigators from the Metropolitan Police Bureau in the Thai capital are inspecting the scene and combing through closed-circuit television footage for possible images of the bomber who hurled an explosive device into the Rajdamnoen Road rally site of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the Yellow Shirts, wounding two. Led by […]
BANGKOK, 31 May 2011 (NNT) – The military has confirmed transparency of the 3-1-5 narcotic drug suppression operation in Bangkok and its vicinities, stressing that there is no hidden political agenda as alleged. Speaking about the narcotic drug suppression mission, Army Spokesperson Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd explained that the 3-1-5 strategy is aimed at preventing narcotic […]
The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life in prison for murder, robbery and attempted rape of a woman hotel receptionist in 2009. Suwit Boonpairote, 26, a native of Ubon Ratchathani province, confessed he robbed Sasiprapa Wingwon and killed her after attempting to rape her. Read more: Bangkok Post
Nonthaburi – A Vietnamese vegetarian was killed Monday morning in apparent suicide when he fell from his room of a residential building in side the Sukhothai Thammathirat University. Tran Huu Dan, 24, fell from his room on the eight floor of the Chalermprakiart Building at 9:30 am. Read more: The Nation
Thailand School Violence: Rival Students Gun Each Other Down on a Bangna Bus Injuring 4 By Standers Students of rival schools opened fire on the Number 132 bus on Bangna-Trad Road this morning. Initial reports say four people have been injured, including by standers. TAN Network
A Democrat Party canvasser escaped unscathed from an attack late Wednesday night by a gang who fired at his Bangkok home with semiautomatic weapons. Jaroen Jehsaman, 69, said yesterday that he has been supporting the Democrats for 40 years in Bueng Kum district. This time he was helping candidate Panich Vikitsreth. Seven bullets, one from […]
