A 43-year-old transgender has been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly defrauding hundreds of Japanese tourists out of tens of millions of baht over a period of 10 years “to get revenge”. Uthai Nanthakhan was arrested in front of the Mittraphap Tiara Hotel on Soi Boonyu of Phaya Thai district late on Sunday night, immigration chief […]
BANGKOK — The top justice official said Wednesday police are still looking for leads into who murdered a Japanese tourist in central Thailand 11 years ago. Justice Minister Prajin Chanthong told reporters that police are set to increase the bounty being offered for tips leading to a conviction from 1.6 million baht to 2 million […]
BANGKOK — An Iranian man was arrested in Bangkok and accused of being involved in an international crime ring tricking Japanese tourists to smuggle drugs into Asian and European countries, police said Monday. Police said they detained Mohamad Ali Ezazi, 43, on Friday and seized several kilograms of methamphetamine from him following a complaint from […]
We reported earlier this week that a Japanese tourist was taken to Memorial Hospital after he fell under the wheels of a tour bus while crossing the road in Central Pattaya on Wednesday night. We are happy to report he is in stable condition and expected to recover from his injuries. The accident happened by […]
Pattaya – A 71 year old Japanese man, Hiroyuki Nakashima, was arrested in his condo on Monday, October 1st, this week in Pattaya for buying sex with underage girls after tips from his neighbors. Mr. Nakashima, whose room contained sex toys and hidden cameras, admitted to liking underage girls and had been operating in the […]
PHUKET: It has been confirmed that a 62-year-old Japanese tourist drowned at Karon Beach on Saturday (Sept 22). An officer from Karon Police, who declined to be named, confirmed to The Phuket News this morning, “A tourist drowned at Karon Beach at about 4:45pm on Saturday (Sept 22). He was a Japanese national aged 62 […]
Japanese national Hiroyuki Goto, 40, a frequent visitor to Thailand, has been arrested in Chon Buri province and will be extradited to Japan to face charges of stealing luxury-brand products worth 50 million yen from city apartments in a crime spree lasting 20 years. Pol Maj Gen Itthipol Itthisanronnachai, deputy commissioner of immigration police, said […]
CHIANG MAI: A Japanese businessman missing for four days was found dead inside his car in the parking lot of a massage parlour in Muang district on Wednesday. The Japanese national, identified later as Y. A., 69, was found inside his locked CRV vehicle with Chiang Mai licence plates in front of the Chang Khan […]
