Ex-cop jailed twice for fraud arrested again
Suspect (In blue T-shirt) tells police he swindled Mukdahan gold shop to pay gambling debts A former senior police officer who had been imprisoned twice has been arrested in Bangkok…
Desperate Clients Hold Up Lebanese Banks to Get Their Own Cash
Armed customers stormed at least five Lebanese banks on Friday to demand access to their own funds, which have been trapped by Lebanon’s worsening financial collapse. Such holdups have become…
Army sergeant dismissed over attempted rape
Kanthat “Kan Chompalang” Pongpaiboonvej (left) and the 34-year-old victim give a wai to two officials after learning about the dismissal of a soldier who sexually molested the woman. A disgraced…
Student arraigned in shooting that killed classmate
Shooter tells police gun was for self-defence against another school rival, and he did not mean to kill his friend. Yolada Ngamsud, 59, performs a ceremony to calm the soul…
Teen fatally shoots friend with pistol
A 15-year-old boy was killed when a pistol was fired in a classroom at a Nonthaburi school, in an incident students and teachers initially pinned on a computer “explosion”. The…
Police charge celebrity couple
Pattanapon “DJ Man” Minthakhin and his singer-wife Suteewan “Baitoey” Thaweesin on Wednesday reported to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to acknowledge three charges in connection with the Forex-3D online…
Gang busted preparing crystal meth shipment to New Zealand
Narcotics suppression police arrested four alleged transnational drug smugglers and seized 16 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine destined for New Zealand, at a resort in Nong Khai province. The suspects, three…
Two shot dead at army college, soldier arrested
A sergeant-major said to be mentally ill shot two colleagues dead and wounded another at the Army War College of the Army Training Command in Bangkok’s Dusit district on Wednesday…
Activist jailed for two years for insulting Thailand’s queen.
A Thai court sentenced a political activist to two years in prison on Monday for insulting the monarchy, her lawyer said, after the activist was judged to have dressed as…
Murdered woman found in public pond
A murdered woman was found floating in a large public pond in Klaeng district of Rayong province on Tuesday morning, with marks on her neck indicating she had been strangled.…