CHIANG RAI – Police have detained a Chinese tourist in northern Thailand who allegedly crashed his car into two motorcycles and killed a 41-year-old woman. The accident took place on Terng – Chiang Rai road in Doi Lan district of Chiang Rai at around 12.30 pm today. Read more: khaosodenglish.com
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
CHIANG RAI — A car and electric pole in Chiang Rai province were damaged by a sky lantern filled with homemade explosives today. The incident took place in front of a governmental tax office on Den Ha – San Khong Noi Road at around 1 pm, police say. Read more: khaosodenglish.com
CHIANG RAI – A bus carrying tourists from South Korea crashed into an oncoming pick-up truck in Chiang Rai province this morning, killing one person and injuring 16. The driver of the pick-up truck was killed in the collision, while at least 16 South Korean tourists on the bus were injured by the impact, Pol.Lt. […]
CHIANG RAI, Jan 15 — Police here arrested a drug trafficker with one million methamphetamine pills in a hospital carpark. They said the drugs were destined for Bangkok. Pol Lt Gen Thanitsak Theerasawasdi, commander of Provincial Police Region 5, said Niran Sakulrakkiat, 43, was arrested driving a pickup truck with 10 bags containing 1 million […]
Police have arrested an Akha man for having allegedly supplying over 100 boys, most street children, to a 61-year-old American to have sex with. The American, Thomas Gary, was arrested with cooperation from the US Federation Bureau of Investigation on in September. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 24 November 2014 (NNT) – An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale has erupted in the Tachilek town of Myanmar yesterday at 6:49 p.m., sending aftershocks traveling to Chiang Rai province of Thailand. The Seismological Bureau under the Meteorological Department reported that the quake originated about 14 kilometers northwest of Chiang Rai province […]
Anti-coup messages and symbols were found painted near a Chiang Rai army base that the interior minister was scheduled to visit on Saturday. Police said someone had managed to elude security checkpoints set up around the Meng Rai Maharaj base to spray-paint the messages at seven locations on Friday night. Read more: Bangkok Post
