BANGKOK, 21 MARCH 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has announced the Government’s success in reducing the crime rate in the capital by 20 percent while planning to expand the effort to fight crimes in other areas. Chairing a seminar with over 1,600 police investigators at IMPACT Muang Thong Thani, Prime Minister Abhisit lauded […]
Serial killer Somkid Pumpoung Monday was sentenced to life for the June 2005 murder of a cafe singer in Trang’s Muang district. At the Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court, the public prosecutor said that Somkid, 42, who allegedly robbed and killed five sex workers, strangled Patcharee Amataniran and made off with her Bt1,000 mobile phone and Bt2,000 […]
BANGKOK, 21 March 2011 (NNT)-Suthichai Veerakulsunthorn, a Bangkok City Councilor will propose a development plan for Bangkok and its surrounding areas to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to transform the city into a cultural attraction to compete with Hanoi of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. After visiting Hanoi, Mr. Suthichai said the tourism industry in […]
ฺBANGKOK, 19 March 2011 (NNT)-The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters have gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection this morning to mark the 10th month anniversary of crackdown on the Red Shirt rally which took place in May last year before moving to the Democracy Monument later today. Ratchadamri Road and areas around Central World […]
Airport screening turns up no positive tests Thai Health authorities have started screening tests for possible radiation contamination among passengers arriving from Japan as the nuclear crisis escalates in the tsunami-hit country. Authorities have told Thais travelling to the area to take iodine tablets to protect against radiation exposure. About 550 Thai passengers including cabin […]
BANGKOK, 17 March 2011 (NNT)-Bangkok is prepared for summer storms with human resources and equipments geared up in an event which will see thunderstorms and strong gale forces in the capital city until tomorrow. According to Fire and Rescue Department Director Yuttasak Romchatthong, Bangkok Deputy Governor Dr Malinee Sukkhavejjaworakit was concerned over the well-being of […]
Thai authorities Thursday inspected Wat Talom in Bangkok’s Phasi Charoen district following complaints that 400 foreign Buddhist monks there took alms in the afternoon and selling offerings. Immigration Bureau officials, police and Office of National Buddhism found that many foreign monks – from other countries such as Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Laos – […]
Court on Wednesday dismissed a request by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to revoke bail for the seven Red Shirt leaders, saying it was the jurisdiction of the Office of Attorney General to file the petition. DSI chief Tharit Pengdit, on behalf of the chief investigator, petitioned the court to revoke bail for the […]
