PPRP ‘received cash’ from drugs pub boss
Activist Srisuwan Janya shows his written complaint at the Office of the Election Commission on Friday. The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) faces a probe that could result in its…
B21m house seized from fugitive after huge crystal meth bust
Armed police stand guard outside the 21-million-baht house belonging to alleged transnational drug trafficker Somprat Sae Ung in Bangkok on Friday. The Office of the Narcotics Control Board has seized…
Govt to recapitalise Thai Airways with B10bn
Thai Airways International planes at Suvarnabhumi airport. The government will need to raise 10 billion baht to recapitalise financially ailing Thai Airways International (THAI) to keep its shareholding in the…
Bangkok governor faces his first setback from the City Assembly
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has been dealt his first setback by the City Assembly, when two motions regarding the Green Line electric train project were rejected on technical grounds. One…
Health clinic was front for sex services, police allege
Police serve Manthira Boonnipan, aka Naiyana Boonchu, 35, with the warrant for her arrest at KL Health Clinic in Bangkok’s Bung Kum district on Thursday. A woman was arrested on…
Police raid illegal nightclub for Chinese, seize luxury cars
City police raid an illegal nightclub in Bangkok’s Yannawa area early Wednesdsay. More than 100 customers, mostly Chinese nationals, tested positive for illicit drug use. A total of 104 customers,…
Chon Buri governor and police chief deny taking bribes from Pattaya nightspot operators
Chon Buri Provincial Governor Thawatchai Srithong and the provincial police commander, Pol Maj-Gen Kittanet Thananantaveesin, held a joint press conference yesterday (Tuesday) to refute allegations of bribe taking from night…
12-year-old boy praised for administering CPR to child saved from drowning
A 12-year-old boy was lauded by the chief of Bangkok’s Min Buri district, Sakchai Saisuk, for administering CPR, which he learned at a rescue foundation, to a 6-year-old boy who…
Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak lead race to be UK’s next prime minister
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak walk out of Downing Street, in London, Britain Boris Johnson and his former finance minister Rishi Sunak were leading the potential contenders to replace British…
Russians explain why they moved to Thailand
Two Russians who fled to Thailand talk of their and their compatriots’ struggles to seek more peaceful pastures. Within 30 minutes of hearing Putin announce a partial mobilisation of Russian…