Pill policy that may just pop
SPECIAL REPORT: While limiting possession of meth tablets to five looks progressive on paper, the move could easily backfire Yosapat Kongduang, 22, did not sleep for three straight nights after…
Bangkok Yellow Line must replace all bolts on finger plates
The Rail Transport Department has ordered Eastern Bangkok Monorail (EBM) to replace all the bolts used to tighten finger plates along the entire length of the Yellow Line track, after…
Fears grow for missing two year old boy in Chiang Rai
The search continues today for a two-year-old Lahu tribe boy, who has been missing from home in a mountain village in Chiang Rai since last Saturday. Officials from the Mirror…
Disaster in South Africa as bus plunges into ravine killing 45
Forty-five people have died in South Africa after the bus they were in plunged some 50m (165ft) off a bridge into a ravine, authorities say. An eight-year-old girl, the only…
Naked Chinese man saved by police from suicide attempt
On March 28, Lumpini police officers attempted to cope with an incident involving a naked Chinese man, 59, risking to jump from a 5-story building within Lumpini Police Station, Wireless…
Transport ministry ponder what to do after 10,600 complaints against taxi drivers
According to information from the Department of Land Transport’s website on complaints received through the Passenger Protection Center at 1584 during fiscal 2024 (October 2023 to February 2024), 10,687 were…
Thai police want stricter screening of foreigners
As Thai tourism has grown significantly and the number of foreign tourists has increased, it has been reported that the number of cases involving foreigners breaking the law has risen…
National police chief denies foul play
Pol Gen Torsak Sukvimol, the national police chief, maintains that one of his deputies, Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, is not the victim of persecution or of foul play over the…
Two men from New Zealand beat up Phuket cop
Two New Zealanders were arrested on Saturday in Phuket after they assaulted a traffic police officer who tried to stop them for speeding on a motorcycle but refused to stop…
Swiss man who assaulted Thai doctor gets visa revoked
The Immigration Bureau has revoked the visa of the Swiss national who allegedly kicked a female Thai doctor, who sat on the staircase of his rented villa on Yamu Beach…