PHUKET: A series of raids by police have safely taken into protection 17 children held by a human-trafficking operation in Patong, which saw children who did not bring home enough money being beaten with a coat hanger. Lt Gen Jaruwat Waisaya, an assistant to the national police chief, explained at a press conference at Phuket […]
The Education Ministry has decided to introduce more English language classes in state schools across the country, it announced after a meeting on Monday. The special English classes will help Thai students achieve at least B2 Level under The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), Amnat Wichayanuwat, secretary-general of Office of the Basic […]
Lopburi – Four children were injured yesterday evening in Lopburi when a carnival rides safety bar failed, sending the children flying off the ride 6 meters in the air to the ground below. The incident happened at 10:45 PM last night at a Lopburi winter festival. Police Col. Somsak Thongkorn of the Lop Buri police […]
PHUKET: Police have arrested four suspects for operating a criminal child-exploitation operation in Phuket that forced children as young as 10 years old to work all night selling coconut water in bars and restaurants – or face being beaten. Lt Gen Jaruwat Waisaya, Commander of the Royal Thai Police Office of Legal Affairs and Litigation, […]
PHUKET, Oct 25 (TNA) – A Cambodian woman has been caught for trafficking children and forcing them to sell flowers and sunglasses to tourists on the beaches of Thailand’s island province of Phuket. Immigration Police said Kimhang, 24, was conspiring with others in her gang to buy a number of Cambodian children under the age […]
Pattaya – Locals have complained over Thai Media about annoying flower sellers who use young children to help peddle their wares at late hours on Pattaya Walking Street. The Thai Media reports that they have received many complaints about annoying flower sellers who have disturbed tourists along the Walking Street. Some social media users claim […]
A 51-year-old French man, who reportedly worked as a French teacher in Singapore, has been arrested in Bangkok for buying sex with teenage boys, Metropolitan Police commander Maj-Gen Senit Samrarnsamruajkit told a press conference on Wednesday. The suspect, Q. J. M. G., was arrested on February 4 at a hotel room in Soi Inthamara 47. […]
Deep inside a Moro Islamic Liberation Front jungle encampment in the southern Philippines, veteran fighter Abdul Campong leads a patrol against possible attacks by saboteurs opposed to a peace deal that his group signed with Manila four years ago. Campong joined the MILF rebels when he was 14 years old, one of many child fighters […]
