“Aek” a known Pattaya locksmith got drunk. Drove his pickup and was allegedly “cut” by a foreigner on a motorbike. “Aek” pulled his BB gun and threatened the foreigner. Pattaya, November 21, 2011[PDN]; Pol. Capt. Somchai Chaikananukul, Pattaya police was notified about a road-rage case involving a foreigner riding a motorbike and swerving in front […]
A 74 year old homeless fisherman was shot in his backside in the early hours of Wednesday, as he slept on the pavement. Police and rescue workers were called to a recreational area close to the Sattahip Navy Base and attended to Khun Pien while his 44 year old wife, Khun Nim looked on. Three […]
Separate shootings in Naklua, close to the Aksorn School and in East Pattaya resulted in three people sustaining gun-shot wounds. One of the victims was transferred to Chonburi Hospital due to the severity of his injuries. The first case occurred late on Monday Night in Naklua. Khun Komgip aged 26 and his girlfriend, Khun Patarapar […]
Two giant Japanese automakers have announced that they are about to reopen production lines shut down after their plants in Thailand were closed in early October by flooding. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation said it will reopen production lines on Monday, Nov 14, reports said on Thursday. Its auto-part suppliers in industrial estates were earlier shut down […]
The British President of a Rotary Club in Thailand has reportedly been detained and had his passport confiscated after being accused of swindling foreign property investors out of millions of pounds. Richard Haughton, 63, a former Tupperware salesman, from Birmingham, was cautioned by officers of the Department of Special Investigation from Chonburi and then released. […]
Pattaya locals filed a complaint regarding an illegal casino at a Chonburi market. Bangkok flood refugees Thais and foreigners arrive in Huay Yai, Banglamung and gamble at the illegal casino. Local police does not take action in spite the illegal casino is only one kilometer from the police sentry box. Pattaya, October 31, 2011[PDN]; The […]
BANGKOK, 28 October 2011 (NNT) – The Flood Relief Operations Center (FROC) and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have agreed to dig a water passage across two major eastbound roads in hope of speeding up the flood diversion to the sea. Speaking of the attempt to resolve the flood crisis, Deputy Bangkok Governor Theerachon Manomaipiboon […]
The Flood Relief Operations Centre has moved people from its evacuation site in Bangkok Don Muang Airport to a shelter inside a college in Chon Buri, after it looked like the compound might get submerged. FROC spokesman Wim Rungwatthanajinda said more than 100 buses were being used to move some 4,000 evacuees and the job […]
