The Supreme Court of Thailand yesterday upheld the life imprisonment handed to the former head of Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) and three members of the group, as well as the 50 year term given to another convict. The judges dismissed the defendants’ appeal that their confessions to violent crimes, treason, kidnapping and planting explosives […]
A man believed to a fugitive high on the list of wanted criminals in Hungary and who escaped to Thailand, has been arrested after living on Koh Samui for four years, police said on Friday. The man is believed to be Sos Laszlio Zoltan, 42, who carried a fake passport in the name of Tomoer […]
Two Frenchmen with stolen ATM card codes arrested in South Pattaya. The criminals modus operandi: “Something wrong with my ATM card. May I have a look at yours?” September 19, 2011 (PDN) Pol.Lt. Pallop Ringrod, Pattaya police was informed about a foreigner stealing ATM password codes from tourists in Soi 5 in front of Central […]
Chonburi Provincial Courts are stepping up their campaign to educate local expats on the finer points of the Thai Justice system. Chonburi Provincial Courts are stepping up their campaign to educate local expats on the finer points of the Thai Justice system. In a recent press conference, Chonburi’s Chief Judge, Visit Sriphiboon announced an upcoming […]
Stringent security measures were put in place at and around gold shops in Bangkok’s Yaowarat area on Tuesday after gold prices surged to a record high. Chief of Pubplachai police station Pol Col Rungrote Sayanprasert said the large number of gold shops in the Chinatown area could become targets of criminals. He had police to […]
Two known suspects guilty of many crimes in Chonburi Province were extrajudicially killed in a Pattaya police shoot out. Large quatities of ya-ba and ya-ice were found with the suspects. Pattaya, July 13, 2011,(PDN) Pol.Col.Somneuk Jankate, Banglamung Police was informed that the Banglamung police team led by Pol.Lt.Col.Nit Witinuntakit were involved in a gun fight […]
BANGKOK, 15 June 2011 (NNT) – Deputy Commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau, Police Major General Panya Mamen has said the arrest of Mr. Muhammad Zafik, a 44 years old Pakistani, has confirmed to the police that he is among the criminals who produce fake US and European passports and that of many other countries. […]
Two children of an Irish businessman were thrown into a well while his housekeeper working with ‘organised criminals’ set about to defraud him of his mansion and six other houses on the Thai island of Phuket, it was claimed today. Irish author and former Dublin clothing manufacturing boss, Colin Vard, 57, said he had to […]
