BANGKOK, 11 Dec 2014, (NNT) – The Department of Land Transport (DLT) has stepped up measures against speeding vans and van operators who exhibit vulgar behavior especially during the New Year long holiday. The Director-General of the DLT, Therapong Rodprasert announced that his department would deploy RFID Technology to clamp down on the number of […]
The first day of the crackdown on motorcyclists riding on footpaths netted more than 700 violators, metropolitan police said. The crackdown was the effort of the metropolitan police to bring safety to pedestrians walking on footpaths in the capital following numerous complaints that motorcyclists always ride on footpath, ignoring safety of pedestrians. Read more: thaipbs.or.th […]
BANGKOK — Thai police arrested three members of a Chinese gang that used a Ponzi scheme to scam up to 6,000 million baht from thousands of people in China, Malaysia, and Thailand. The gang allegedly convinced more than 100,000 people to invest in their company, named Yum Shu Mao, and paid them “returns” from the […]
PHUKET: Karon police are cracking down on illegal taxis (black plate taxis) and have made four arrests since Wednesday (October 1). Karon police followed the order from the NCPO and Police Region 8. Read more: thephuketnews.com Darawan Naknakhon The Phuket News
The military and the police will launch a crackdown on illegal foreign migrant workers on Koh Tao after it was discovered that business operators on the island deliberately refused to give the accurate information about the number of foreign migrant workers they have employed. The imminent crackdown follows the arrest of two Myanmar migrant workers […]
The families of two victims of 2010’s crackdown on political protestors on Monday appealed the Criminal Court’s decision to dismiss murder charges against then-prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and former deputy premier Suthep Thaugsuban. Samorn Maithong, who was injured, and Nuchid Khamkong, wife of taxi driver Phan Khamkong, who was killed in the April-May action against […]
Thailand’s acting police chief Thursday denied allegations that police had linked the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship with the so-called “men in black”. Speaking after a meeting with top UDD officials, national police chief-designate Somyos Pumpanmuang said police had never named any group as being behind the five “men in black” arrested last week. […]
Police have arrested five of the so-called “men in black” believed responsible for the killing of at least five soldiers during red-shirt anti-government protests in 2010. Bangkok residents Kittisak Soomsri, 45, Chamnan Phakeechai, 45, and Punnika Churi, 39; and Preecha Yuyen, 24 of Chiang Mai, and Ronnarit Suricha, 33 from Ubon Ratchathani were taken into […]
