SA KAEO — Police say they are looking for eight Uighurs who illegally entered Thailand and escaped from their holding cell last night. According to police, 17 detainees broke out from the detention facility in Aranyaprathet district last night by hacking off a part of the ceiling and roof. Read more: khaosodenglish.com
Police are searching for a teacher from a school in Tha Tako district in Nakhon Sawan province who went missing on Tuesday evening and whose burning car was found in Banphot Phisai district. Pol Lt Col Jirasak Mahumuang, deputy superintendent of Nakhon Sawan police, identified the man as Rapin Klinkesorn, 56, a teacher at Wat […]
Nine migrant workers were killed and 17 others injured when a pickup truck carrying them lost control and crashed into a barrier fence at the U-turn under Tha Chin Bridge in Samut Sakhon’s Muang district on Monday night. The truck driver, a 35-year-old Myanmar man, was arrested for reckless driving causing others’ deaths and injuries […]
A warrant will be sought for the arrest of a former abbot of a well-known temple in Lop Buri accused of sexually molesting seven novices, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. Police had summonsed Phra Khru Sutthawaraporn, also known as Phra Charan, 49, former abbot of Wat Hua Chang in Lop Buri, several times, […]
The Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has issued a deadline for the Tiger Temple abbot to hand over all its 146 tigers to the department by Friday or else they will be confiscated. The last ultimatum came as the abbot of the Tiger Temple or Wat Pa Luang Ta Maha Bua in […]
A railway station in Kanchanaburi province was completely destroyed by a fire which was suspected to be caused by a short circuit. Mr Chaiwat Sribundhitbovorn, chief of the Wang Yen railway station in Muang district, told Muang district police that while he was resting in front of the station this morning he heard what sound […]
Police, soldiers and relevant park authorities are returning to the so-called Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province today (April 2) as missing tigers remains a mystery. They will be returning with a court order after yesterday̕s (April 1) inspection of the temple failed to get any progress after the temple refused to cooperate with the combined […]
AYUTTHAYA — Two foreign tourists were among the six passengers severely injured in a train crash in Ayutthaya province yesterday, which was one of four train accidents to take place in the past week. At least 50 people were wounded in total last night when a Bangkok – Denchai train collided into the back of […]
