Pattaya Beach Road Subject to Prostitution Purge by Police

Local police on Monday night moved to purge Pattaya’s notorious Beach Road area of problematic ‘freelance’ prostitutes and lady-boys, according to an official release. Pattaya, the 11th of October 2010 [PDN]: At approximately midnight on Monday, Colonel Nunthawut Suwanla-ong (Pattaya Police Superintendent) along with a team of officers conducted an inspection of the Pattaya Beach […]

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Widespread Cheating Uncovered in Royal Thai Police Exams

Revelations of widespread corruption and cheating in Royal Thai Police examinations have been uncovered in the Thai press this week. Reports stipulate that numerous non-commissioned officers taking the commissioned officer examinations were paying for their pass grade and using an unnamed telephone receiver/transmission device to assist in cheating on the exam. Thailand, the 24th of […]

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Thai Army Finds Suspects in Arms Theft

The army chief says his agency has already known which officers were involved in the recent theft of anti-tank rockets from its arsenal in Lop Buri province. Army chief General Anupong Paochinda said the investigation suggested some army officers collaborated with outsiders to steal rocket-propelled grenades from the Lop Buri arms depot. Anupong said the […]

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Thai PM: No violence incited during Red Shirts rally so far

BANGKOK, 19 September 2010 (NNT) – The gathering of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) supporters on Sunday remains peaceful while security officers have prepared stringent measures to tackle possible unrest instigation, according to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Speaking after his weekly TV program “Confidence in Thailand with Prime Minister Abhisit” at the […]

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Thailand’s fire-damaged CentralWorld complex to reopen September 28

BANGKOK, Sept 16 – Thailand’s CentralWorld shopping complex –thecountry’s largest– will reopen for shoppers September 28, according to Central Pattana president and chief executive officer, Kobchai Chirathivat. CentralWorld, Thailand’s largest shopping complex and the second largest in Southeast Asia, was set afire by allegedly disgruntled Red Shirt protesters after their protest leaders surrendered to police […]

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