RAYONG — A 10-year-old girl died Thursday in Rayong province after an elderly drunk Briton allegedly struck her family’s car, driving it off the road and into a tree. Two other people traveling with the girl were recovering from critical injuries sustained in the crash, which happened just after midnight on a road going into […]
A former assistant village head was killed in a drive-by shooting in Narathiwat’s Bacho district late Wednesday night, police said. Lee Musoh, 55, was found with four bullet wounds to the head lying beside his motorcycle on Bacho-Sai Buri Road in Ban Som Poi. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
Many elephants have been brought to receive medial treatment at the elephant hospital in Krabi province after they fell sick, possibly from eating mud and fruits and vegetables contaminated with toxic chemicals. Benjatham Thaitham, a veterinarian at the Krabi elephant hospital, said that after the arrival of the rainy season many elephants have been brought […]
KOH TAO — A French cop accused of raping an 18-year-old Briton on Koh Tao was released Saturday from police custody and cleared to leave the country after nearly two months of investigation. Y. M. T. M., a 25-year-old police officer on holiday in Thailand with a group of colleagues, saw his life turned upside […]
PHUKET: Region 8 Police held a press conference at Phuket Provincial Police headquarters in Phuket Town this morning (June 5) to announce the arrest of two drug suspects in Krabi allegedly found in possession of 250,000 tablets of methamphetamine (ya bah). Leading the press conference was Region 8 Police Deputy Commander Maj Gen Teerapol Kuptanon, […]
Two para-military rangers were slightly injured when two M79 grenades fired by suspected militants exploded in their base at a village in Bannang Sata District of Yala province on Monday evening. The two rangers, Cpl Thoranin Insuan and Mr Witthaya Sriraksa, were on duty in the base when two grenades were fired into the base […]
SONGKHLA: Charred bones found in a forest in Hat Yai are believed to be those of a businesswoman who disappeared 10 days ago, police said on Friday. Relatives of Pinyada Paenchan made the identification when they were brought to the marshy area where the bones were discovered, but definitive identification will require more tests. Full […]
PARK RANGERS at the Nopparat Tara-Mu Ko Phi Phi marine national park have placed buoys outlining a no-access zone as part of a bid to rehabilitate the park’s world-renowned Maya Bay. The decision to close Maya to pave the way for a major face-lift was made by the National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation Department […]
