Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Sunday promised that his government will reduce crimes by 20 per cent in six months. He said the government will install more security cameras in remote spots and increase police patrols in such areas to prevent crimes. The measure is part of the people’s agenda for 2011 announced at the Queen […]
The Bangkok Post reported today that the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra offered to help the seven Thai nationals currently being detained in Cambodia. Among those arrested for trespassing in Banteay Meanchey province, a Democrat member of parliament for Bangkok, Panich Vikitsreth, told Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday that he had “unintentionally” crossed into […]
Reported in yesterday’s Thai Rath that an Australian, Ronald Wayne Martin was shot dead outside his rural home in Petchabun. The Thai gunman’s wife had apparently absconded with another farang some time ago and he told police that he hated all farang and wanted to kill one. There is a photo of Martin’s Thai wife […]
BANGKOK, Jan 9 — Over 26,000 Thai workers now living in Israel have been warned again not to work near the Gaza Strip and nearby areas after three labourers were wounded by a mortar shell believed to have been fired by Palestinians into an Israeli agricultural community close to the Gaza Strip on Saturday, a […]
China will build a commercial city in Thailand worth $ 1, 5 billion, which allows traders of goods made in China can avoid the high tariffs if the goods are exported again. Local media reported that more than 70,000 merchants China is expected to operate in the region called “Complex City of China”. “The area […]
A man who pleaded guilty to killing a welder from Thailand in our city has been handed a 10-year jail sentence, but will only serve six years as he received credit for time served and his guilty plea. Michael John Stewart, 21, was originally charged with second degree murder in the slaying of 37-year-old Apichat […]
Thai police have launched major drug crackdown operations in several provinces throughout the country. Many suspects have been arrested, and a large quantity of narcotics has been seized. In Tak Province, Chief District Officer of Mae Sot, Kitisak Tomornsak, signaled law enforcement officials to launch a major drug crackdown operation in the province, based on […]
The Public Health Ministry plans to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes from 18 years old to 20 years old. The decision was reached during the meeting of the National Cigarette Control Committee Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit. The move was seen as the toughest measure so far […]
