BANGKOK, Oct 6 – Thai police arrested members of a call centre gang for their sham deceiving numbers of Chinese and Taiwanese nationals to transfer money totalling over Bt2 billion (US$66 million). Using Thailand as a base, the gang members, comprising 23 Chinese, Taiwanese, Burmese and Thai, were apprehended with telephone equipment connecting to the […]
A Danish man, Lars Toft Jensen, died Tuesday at the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, after he engaged in fight with two or three English men. writes the Danish tabloid Ekstrabladet.dk The Danish paper writes the story about an almost innocent Dane, who just arrived from Denmark with his Thai wife and their three weeks old baby. […]
Red warriors are planning to wreak havoc on the country again, a security source said yesterday. The information came from Kittichai Jansawasdee, who was arrested on Saturday afternoon after trying to escape from a red-warrior den in Chiang Mai, the source said. When Kittichai reportedly asked for directions from locals, he looked so suspicious that […]
BANGKOK, Oct 4 – An Iranian man on Monday was arrested at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport with 2.65 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice,’ worth Bt9 million (over US$298,000), according to customs officers. Gholamhassan Bakhshandehpalangsaraei, 41, was apprehended at the arrival terminal at Thailand’s main international airport, Prasong Poontaneat, Director-General of the Customs Department, […]
BANGKOK, Oct 4 – The Thai authorities have detained 11 men suspected of involvement in a movement to overthrow Thailand’s revered monarchy and planning the assassination of the country’s key public figures, a senior police officer said on Monday. Provincial Police Region 5 designated commander Pol Maj Gen Chaiya Siriamphankul said the 11 were arrested […]
A Thai woman was arrested in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Huai Thalaeng district Saturday for duping others with false promises of jobs in South Korea paying Bt30,000 a month. Saisamorn Sutthichaiya, 55, was arrested along with travel documents of the alleged victims. She reportedly confessed to the crime, Pol Lt Col Phum Thongpho of the Police Region […]
Three youngsters were arrested in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thien district for allegedly kidnapping a 14-year-old girl, brutally torturing her, and kicking her off the Memorial Bridge (Saphan Phut) to die, police said yesterday. Police, accompanied by women’s right advocate Pavena Hongsakul, arrested Nattapol Jarejindarat, 25; Ploy (not her real name), 17; and Golf (not his […]
British passport holders arriving by air may enter Thailand for 30 days without obtaining a visa in advance of arrival. However, those arriving at overland crossings will only be given visa free entry valid for 15 days. If you plan to stay in Thailand for longer than the time endorsed on arrival, or you intend […]
