Thailand News
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06-03-2013
Phuket beach chair cut-back makes tourists grumpy[1,406 views]
Competition among tourists for beach-chair-and-umbrella sets on Karon and Kata Beaches has become fierce since one third of the chairs were removed on Friday (March 1).
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04-03-2013
Sukhumbhand re-elected as Bangkok governor[593 views]
MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra has been re-elected as Bangkok Governor with a record high number of votes, while Pol. Gen. Pongsapat Pongcharoen admitted defeat and congratulated his rival.
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04-03-2013
Chonburi Cops Catch Up To RacingTeen Motorbikers[1,344 views]
A total of 22 motorbikers were arrested for racing illegally on the street. More than 70 police officers were hiding along the new bridge in Amphur Meuang, Chonburi, to nab the speeders. Of the arrested racers,18 were under the age of 17, and the youngest was 10 years old.
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01-03-2013
Sakaeo Man And Teens Charged With Raping Girl[2,727 views]
A 27-year-old Sakaeo man was arrested for raping a 7-year-old girl after her grandmother witnessed the assault. The victim revealed she had been assaulted by the man and five other teen boys for a year. Police will follow up to arrest the teens, who live in a nearby village.
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28-02-2013
Thailand May be Cut From Terrorism Money Blacklist[1,583 views]
Thailand may be removed from a blacklist of countries that have excessive money laundering activities and financing of terrorism organizations. The action is being taken by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international anti-terrorism body dealing with financial matters.
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28-02-2013
Internet Buyers Cheated by Slippery Thai Seller[2,571 views]
A 25-year-old woman was arrested by Bangkok police for scamming buyers on her Thai website. She peddled items like Furby dolls, clothes and iPhones, but buyers never got the products after transferring money to her account. She used several assumed names to avoid being caught.
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28-02-2013
Sex Herb Turns Elderly Hmong Stepdad Into Rapist[4,333 views]
A 72-year-old Hmong tribe mountaineer was arrested for raping his 18-year-old stepdaughter for 9 years. He confessed that a rare sex herb he grows high in the mountains made him desire sex several times daily. But his wife was too old to satisfy his needs, so he raped his stepdaughter.
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28-02-2013
Thai Smile launches direct Phuket flights[1,120 views]
New direct flights from India and Malaysia to Phuket are due to start, bringing hopes by officials for more visitors to the island province.
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28-02-2013
City fathers move to cramp Phuket Tesco plans[780 views]
Following a year of intermittent local protests over the proposed Tesco-Lotus complex planned for Bangkok Rd, Phuket City Municipality is aiming to bring in a local bylaw that would limit the size of any retail operation in the city to 300 square metres.
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27-02-2013
Police Checking YouTube Clips Of Thai Girl Beatings[4,707 views]
Metropolitan police are investigating two YouTube video clips showing men beating Thai women. In one clip, a man is beating a tomboy female. The other clip shows 10 men beating two girls for a monetary reward. No victims have filed complaints, and police are still gathering evidence.
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27-02-2013
Two Danes Charged In Chiang Mai Rape Of Dutch Tourist[6,918 views]
Two Danish men were arrested in Chiang Mai on rape charges by a 23-year-old Dutch tourist. Police are still seeking a third suspect. The woman had met one of the suspects at a bar, and later went with him to his room. But two other men were there, and all three raped her against her will.
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27-02-2013
Chiang Rai Boy Assaulted By Teen Burmese Sadist[2,165 views]
A 15-year-old Burmese teen was arrested for a vicious sexual assault on a 9-year-old neighbor boy in Chiang Rai province. The boy had been left alone in a rental room while his father went to work. The boy’s anguished father later urged parents never to leave their children unattended.
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26-02-2013
Begging Burmese Children Collared By Bangkok Cops[1,544 views]
Three Burmese adults were arrested in Bangkok after getting caught with 7 children working as street beggars. Police were responding to complaints about the begging kids, who were sent to a children’s shelter. They will be sent home to Myanmar, while the adults face human trafficking charges.
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26-02-2013
Phuket Pit Bull Owner Sued After Savage Dog Attack[1,850 views]
The mother of a 33-year-old man who was mauled by three Pit Bulldogs in Phuket has sued the dogs’ owner after her son incurred a 700,000 THB hospital bill. Her son was walking past the dog owner’s house when the deadly beasts attacked him.
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26-02-2013
Drunk Dutch Tourist Gets Gang Banged In Chiang Mai[6,614 views]
A 23-year-old Dutch tourist notified Chiang Mai police she was gang raped by three Caucasians. She had consensual sex with one man after drinking with him in a bar. But later his two friends wanted to join in, so the two men had forcible sex with her despite her protests and resistance.
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25-02-2013
Phuket court told of family’s search for ‘House of Horror’ victim[1,433 views]
Norwegian Stein Havard Dokset was in court again today for the second day of prosecution testimony in the “House of Horror” murder case.
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25-02-2013
Phuket drug dealer tries to shoot police[950 views]
Police had a lucky escape this week when Witoon Piwluang, a drug dealer in Cherng Talay grabbed an officer’s gun and tried to shoot the police who had come to arrest him.
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25-02-2013
Female Pickpocket Sold Stolen iPhones In Cambodia[2,970 views]
A 22-year-old Cambodian woman was arrested by Bangkok police for pickpocketing cellphones from tourists at Siam Square. She would sell the cellphones in Cambodia, where a stolen iPhone can sell for 7,000 THB in the black market.
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23-02-2013
Treacherous Swedish Trafficker Cheated Poor Thais[4,549 views]
Chonburi police arrested a 52-year-old Swedish man who in 2010 had left 168 Thai laborers stranded in Sweden after promising them jobs. He had fled with 25 million baht paid to him upfront by the Thai victims.
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23-02-2013
Horny Husband Finds Release As Chiangmai Rapist[2,897 views]
A 41-year-old teacher from Chiangmai was arrested for raping several young females whom he befriended through social media like Facebook. He told police he resorted to rape because he felt sexually frustrated, since his wife was unable to have sex during her pregnancy and recent childbirth.
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