BANGKOK, 1 April 2013 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has traveled to Chiang Mai province to examine forest fires in the northern region after the smog situation there started to improve. On Monday, the deputy PM arrived at Chiang Mai Grandview Hotel and Convention Center to follow up on proactive solutions to forest […]
BANGKOK, 27 March 2013 (NNT) – 12 hill tribesmen have been arrested by narcotics suppression police for trafficking 600 million baht worth of drugs in the North. Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung and National Police Commissioner Adul Saengsingkaew announced that the drug bust resulted in the seizure of 38 kilograms of Ice and 42 kilograms […]
CHIANG MAI, 19 March 2013 (NNT) – The haze problem in northern Chiang Mai Province continues but the situation are still under control, according to local health officials. The smoke haze over Chiang Mai has reportedly thickened on Monday although the level of dust particles remained below the safety level. But, Chiang Mai’s deputy head […]
THAILAND: A 93-year-old Australian man accused of raping four young Thai sisters in one of the worst child sex abuse cases investigated in Thailand is likely never to face justice. Karl Joseph Kraus, a former railway worker from Sydney, wants a court to drop the charges because he says he is suffering from terminal prostate […]
Two Danish men were arrested in Chiang Mai on rape charges by a 23-year-old Dutch tourist. Police are still seeking a third suspect. The woman had met one of the suspects at a bar, and later went with him to his room. But two other men were there, and all three raped her against her […]
A 23-year-old Dutch tourist notified Chiang Mai police she was gang raped by three Caucasians. She had consensual sex with one man after drinking with him in a bar. But later his two friends wanted to join in, so the two men had forcible sex with her despite her protests and resistance. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
BANGKOK, Feb 12 – Security has been reinforced at the United States consulate in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai following a report of possible violence by muslim extremists, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung said today. He said details of the intelligence report were delivered to the Fifth Region Police Commander Suthep Dejraksa last week […]
Security in the northern province of Chiang Mai has been beefed up following reports of possible terrorism activities but the US Consulate General in there has not yet asked for more security, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Tuesday. Yingluck, who is scheduled to travel to the province on Friday said she is not worried, as […]
