United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that the recent actions by Turkey to arrest and detain journalists in the country, as well as planned Internet restrictions, are “an area of concern” for her. Clinton is on a two-day visit to Turkey and made some of her comments during a news conference […]
Two Thai Buddhist Monks accused of consuming and selling class 1 drugs have been removed from the monkhood and sent to jail pending court proceedings. Police were given information of the two men who, previous to being ordained as Monks, were accused of selling illegal drugs. Police raided the accommodation block at the Cha Ko […]
An Iranian man was arrested at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport late Friday night while allegedly trying to smuggle 50 snakes in a suitcase out of the country. Ghahremani Arash, 23, was arrested at Gate 1 while he was about to board Mahan Air’s Flight W5 5044. His arrested was announced at a press conference at […]
TAK, 15 July 2011 (NNT) – A number of Myanmar citizens have been arrested in Tak province after entering Thailand with the intention to find jobs and take advantage of the new government’s wage hike policy to 300 THB a day. On the occasion of Buddhist Lent this year, tens of thousands of people from […]
SA KAEO, July 14 – A Cambodian migrant worker was arrested on Thursday alleged to have attempted the smuggling of nearly 6,000 methamphetamine pills worth Bt3 million into Thailand. The Cambodian detainee was identified as Mai Siang, who claimed to work as a cleaner at Tesco Lotus hypermarket in the eastern province of Rayong. The […]
BANGKOK, July 13 – An Iranian man was arrested Tuesday at Suvarnabhumi Airport for smuggling 15 kilos of crystal methamphetamine, or ‘ice,’ worth Bt 50 million (US$1.6 million) into the kingdom, a senior Thai customs officer said on Wednesday. The contraband was found in two boxes containing artwork with a surprising twist. One lot of […]
A British man who has been convicted by a British court for soliciting Thai women for prostitution has been rearrested in Bangkok. Thai police arrested Andrew Christopher Michael Wallace, 37, in Bangkok’s Klong Toey district on Tuesday. Wallace has been sentenced to two years in jail for trading Thai women for prostitution in England. Read […]
Thousands of protesters have descended on Malaysia’s capital – despite the closing of key roads – to attend a banned rally demanding electoral reforms. Police fired rounds of tear gas and used water cannons to disperse the crowds. Police in the capital said more than 1,400 people were arrested Saturday. Most were expected to be […]
