Cabbies who refuse to take passengers can now be arrested if those affected call the 1197 hotline or visit www.trafficpolice.go.th and provide the taxi’s licence plate number, Pol Colonel Weerawit Watjanapukka of the Traffic Police Command said Monday. He also said that police would issue warnings for petty traffic violations instead of tickets from September […]
More than two dozen young adults and teens were busted by police at Samaesarn Beach in Sattahip for openly drinking alcohol and using methamphetamines. A total of 22 people were arrested after their urine tests showed traces of drugs in their systems. All of them had been previously arrested for drug use. Read more: Pattayadailynews.com
BANGKOK, 18 June 2012 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce has ordered a crackdown on counterfeit goods around Thailand after receiving complaints from consumers. Ms Patchima Thanasanti, Director-General of the Department Intellectual Property (DIP), revealed that the Commerce Ministry has instructed all provincial DIP offices to suppress counterfeit products that violate intellectual property rights in […]
Chinese Internet censors are considering widening their control over what is posted on the country’s popular microblog websites and other online forums. The government released a list of proposed changes to its Internet law Thursday, that aim to put greater pressure on social media websites to crack down on users posting anonymous comments. Read more: […]
The crackdown on drugs continues, with several suspects arrested and a large haul of narcotics seized in separate raids across the country. In Surat Thani, police arrested a male nurse and six others for allegedly dealing in “ice” flakes and amphetamines. A manhunt is also on for eight other members of this ring who are […]
A Thai court on Monday opened an inquest into the death of a Japanese cameraman during a street battle between soldiers and anti-government protesters in Bangkok two years ago. The Bangkok Southern Criminal Court heard prosecution claims that Hiroyuki Muramoto, a cameraman for Thomson Reuters, was shot dead by soldiers on April 10, 2010, while […]
BANGKOK, May 19 – Red shirt supporters from nationwide gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection to join activities organized by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) — the red shirt movement — to mark the second anniversary of the 2010 protest against the previous Abhisit Vejjajiva-led administration. Roads around Ratchaprasong intersection were closed after many […]
Police revealed yesterday that the case of the Italian journalist, who was killed in the government crackdown on red shirts in 2010, would be heard in court from July 23. The late journalist Fabio Polenghi’s sister, Elizabeth, visited the Metropolitan Police Bureau yesterday to ask about the progress of the investigation into her brother’s death. […]
