Although Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way Ball” in Bangkok ended happily last Friday, the aftermath of her tweet about buying fake Rolex watches in Thailand has not ended. The Commerce Ministry’s Intellectual Property Department has officially expressed its disappointment on her tweet to the US Embassy. Read more: The Nation
From the moment she stepped off her chartered Boeing 747 at Don Mueang Airport, Lady Gaga became the talk of Bangkok, thanks to her fashion-magazine looks and an outrageous remark on Twitter that she wanted to buy counterfeit watches. “I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters. I wanna get lost […]
Chonburi Immigration officers arrested two Russians charged with theft in upscale Pattaya hotels. The duo had a bizarre behavior of taking pictures with the stolen goods. Additional evidence was provided by the security cameras of the hotels. Pattaya, January 19, 2012 [PDN]; Col. Chusak Mansamporn, Bureau of Immigration ,Chonburi team arrested Mr.Denis Skvortsov aged 31 […]
BANGKOK, 3 June 2011 (NNT)-The Thai Customs Department has pressed charges against perpetrators who have attempted to import over 40,000 pieces of bootleg products worth over 25 million THB ($824,962). According to Prasong Poonthaneth, Director-General of the Customs Department, a team of investigators has tracked down a large number of intellectually violated products which include […]
An English resident of Pattaya and his Thai Wife were seriously assaulted during a house robbery late on Sunday Night. The incident occurred at the Majestic Residence off the Pratamnuk Road in South Pattaya. The break-in occurred at a house owned by Mr. David Snell aged 62 who was rushed to the Pattaya International Hospital […]
BANGKOK, Dec 9 – The Thai police on Thursday arrested a Colombian and suspected gang members in the capital of Bangkok charging them with theft and using forged passports. Carlos Enrique Torres Robriguez and three others believed to be part of his gang were detained at Sathupradit Soi 57 with 39 items stolen from their […]
BANGKOK, Oct 19 – Thai police on Tuesday arrested four Colombian men for burglary of the homes of wealthy Thais, while intelligence reports confirmed that the members of the Colombian criminal gang entered the kingdom in a single group at one time with the intention to commit crimes. The detainees were identified as John Alexander […]
Thai authorities used bulldozers to destroy more than 600,000 pirated goods, worth about Bt2.2 billion, in a ceremony at the Crime Suppression Division headquarters on Wednesday. The ceremony was presided over by Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Polabutr. Alongkorn said the bulldozers destroyed a total of 613,374 products including game machines, mobile phones, watches, shoes, CDs […]
