Thailand is set for a new “war on drugs” as addiction rates increase and the country’s new president hints at a hard line stance. The equivalent of one in every sixty citizens in Thailand is a methamphetamine user, the head of the country’s anti-drug police told the Guardian. Around 1.1 million Thais will use the […]
A man wrongfully implicated and detained by the police Narcotics Suppression Bureau has been awarded Bt300,000 in compensation. NSB commander Pol Lt General Atithep Panjamanont, speaking at a press conference Monday, apologised to Somjai sae-Lim, 39, for pressing a charge against him and detaining him for 23 days. He blamed a citizen registration database for […]
BANGKOK, 28 May 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has targeted that 50% of Thai people must have access to broadband services within 2015 under the national broadband masterplan. ICT Ministry Inspector-General Methini Thepmani stated that many countries worldwide are giving importance to internet broadband in order to provide their […]
SA KAEO, May 8 — Two alleged drug traffickers, including an American, have been apprehended in separate incidents after officials seized a large amount of drugs in their possession, police said Sunday. The 58-year-old US citizen identified as Peter B. Sargent was arrested at Aranyaprathet border checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province after Thai rangers, immigration […]
Police have beefed up security for US citizens and interests in Bangkok in the wake of al-Qaeda terrorist group leader Osama bin Laden’s reported death. US President Barack Obama announced from the White House that bin Laden was killed yesterday by a US-led operation near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. His announcement led to fears […]
Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, and a US Senate candidate in 2004, has filed a lawsuit against Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for their role in furthering a “radical” Facebook Page called “Third Palestinian Intifada,” which openly advocated another uprising against the citizens of Israel. The complaint reserves the […]
The survivors of a plane crash in which eight people died have described the horrifying moment the aircraft skidded on to the runway and burst into flames. Ninety people are known to have died as a result of the incident in Thailand on September 16, 2007. Eight of those killed were British citizens. The crash […]
BANGKOK, March 17 — Two Royal Thai Air Force C-130 aircraft will leave Bangkok tonight to carry relief aid to Japan to help victims affected by the destructive earthquake and massive tsunami last weekend,now estimated to have killed at least 5,000 people along the battered east coast of Honshu Island. Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) […]
