A 27-year-old Dubai man was stunned with an electric shock device by an Iranian during a robbery attempt in his hotel room on soi Yensabai. The Iranian also had a fake pistol, but was subdued by the Dubai man and his friend. The victim suffered only minor injuries from the stun gun. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
A young Dubai man was found dead in his Boutique Hotel room on soi Sunee under suspicious circumstances. Police suspect he may have been drugged and robbed by a sexual partner, or possibly committed suicide. PATTAYA – July 14, 2012 [PDN]; At the crime scene, police found Mr. Nohanned Nahod, 26, from Dubai, dead on […]
BANGKOK, Jan 22 – Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited Luang Prabang, the UNESCO World Heritage Site for Laos PDR, on Jan 19-20 for merit-making before returning to Dubai and did so without any political agenda, his legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Sunday. Mr Noppadol said the visit had nothing to do with political […]
BANGKOK: Thailand’s government has returned the Thai passport of the fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and is preparing to welcome him from exile, stoking renewed political tensions in the country. Mr Thaksin, a divisive figure, missed a self-imposed deadline to be in Bangkok for the wedding of his daughter Pinthongta two weeks ago. But […]
Two transsexuals have been arrested following an incident involving a 77 year old tourist from Dubai at a South Pattaya Hotel. Police were called to the VC Hotel on the Pratamnuk Road, behind Walking Street, and were directed to room number 1003 on 10th Floor where Mr. Ahmad Mohamed Amin Hassan Alawadhi was lying in […]
Thailand will issue a passport for fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra “very soon”, Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said on Friday. “When Thaksin’s passport was cancelled, there was no order from the courts or the police to seize it,” Mr Surapong told reporters. Read more: Bangkok Post
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday issued a statement insisting that he will not accept any benefit from the proposed royal pardon decree for bringing about national reconciliation, reports said. The hand-written statement was issued in Dubai and distributed to reporters this morning by Noppadon Pattama, a legal advisor to Thaksin. Read more: […]
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is at the centre of an uproar against a government-proposed decree widely seen as being enacted primarily to pardon his jail term, said he had no knowledge of the move. Speaking from his Dubai base late on Wednesday, Thaksin said the cabinet was discussing the annual pardon of […]
