The army chief says his agency has already known which officers were involved in the recent theft of anti-tank rockets from its arsenal in Lop Buri province. Army chief General Anupong Paochinda said the investigation suggested some army officers collaborated with outsiders to steal rocket-propelled grenades from the Lop Buri arms depot. Anupong said the […]
The number of Thai and Nigerian women exploited for sexual purposes in Sweden has increased, according to a police report on human trafficking. The number of reports involving the exploitation of mentally handicapped women has also increased, according to a report on human trafficking from Sweden’s National Police Board (Rikspolisstyrelsen) released on Tuesday. “Alarming,” Kajsa […]
A Thai police officer accused of killing a Calgary man is again facing murder charges. Leo Del Pinto, 25, was shot twice while visiting northern Thailand in January 2008. An off-duty Thai police officer, Sgt. Uthai Dechawiwat, was charged with his murder. Those charges are still in court. On Monday morning, Del Pinto’s father received […]
Thai Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced to death a man who killed a woman and her five-year-old son before mutilating his body. Siriphong Kanjananiwit, 40, a taxi driver, was found guilty for murdering Sunan Srisusan, 38, and her Thai-Japanese son Cho Makino. He mutilated the boy’s body and put them on plastic bag to cover-up […]
Kasit dismisses embassy closure, visa issue rumors BANGKOK, 21 September 2010 (NNT) – Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has dismissed the news reports about the closure of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Thailand as well as refusal to approve visas for Thai Muslims aiming to participate the Hajj pilgrimage. Speaking in the US during his mission […]
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a 2006 coup and campaigning against his political opponents from abroad since, staged a meeting with seven Thai opposition leaders in Moscow, Kommersant reported. Thaksin discussed a new street protest in Bangkok that took place Sunday, a Thai lawmaker told the local Bangkok Post newspaper, the report […]
BANGKOK, Sept 20 – Thai Army chief Gen Anupong Paochinda on Monday conceded that some 30 rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) disappeared from a military armoury in Lopburi province over a week ago, while the defence minister said the stolen grenades may be destined for use in possible violence. Gen Anupong said a forensic investigation to find […]
Bangkok – Thailand issued a warning Monday about a new outbreak of H1N1, or swine flu, in the country after confirming three deaths and 338 new cases due to the virus last week. Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit confirmed cases of H1N1 had reached 11,154 this year. Altogether 66 people have died of the virus since […]
