Two held for smuggling of 68 migrants

CHAI NAT — Two Thai men were arrested as they attempted to allegedly smuggle 68 illegal Myanmar migrant workers into the country on Monday. The suspects – Somnuak Thamrongsak, 48, from Nonthaburi, and Preecha Singyoo, 50, from Nakhon Sawan – were apprehended while transporting the migrants on two vans. Read more: Bangkok Post

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Two inmates killed in prison gang brawl

KANCHANABURI — Two inmates at Thong Pha Phum District Prison were killed and five others injured in gang brawl involving about 30 inmates on Sunday. The fight broke out at 11am between a group of drug convicts from Tha Maka district and another group from Bo Phloi and Muang districts during their leisure time activities […]

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Chiang Rai: Dhammakaya building halted

Soldiers, forestry officials and police have teamed up to halt the construction of a huge pagoda on a Chiang Rai hilltop by followers of Wat Dhammakaya. A total of 100 officers stormed a hilltop in Thoeng district of the northern province following a complaint of forest incursion, ThaiPBS reported. Read more: Bangkok Post

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