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Crime, Courts, Calamity

Bad things happen to good people; good things happen to bad people.

Thai Youth Are More Violent Due To A Weak Society, Say Experts

BANGKOK - Many social analysts agree that Thai society pushes children towards violence. Children can only express themselves through authority and norms and have...

Return of the Sorayuth: Convicted Anchor Re-Surfaces in Flooded South

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — Sorayuth’s back.

Police Arrest Monkey Smuggling Gang Exporting Meat To China

Police officers from the Investigation Department of Petchaburi Police Station arrested 6 members of the macaque smuggling gang in the area of Khao Luang,...

Ex Con Busted for Alleged 'Sex for Meth' Enterprise



NAKHON SI THAMMARAT — Two months out of prison, Tawee Boonthong was arrested again after reportedly caught offering to trade yaba for sex yesterday in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Police Capture Thai Woman Suspected in Italian’s Murder (Video)

TAK — Police on Monday morning arrested a Thai woman wanted for the murder of her Italian husband along with her French boyfriend.
Xaysana Keopimpha.

Laotian Drug Lord Gets Another Lifetime in Jail

BANGKOK — A court sentenced a Laotian drug lord to life in prison Wednesday after handing down his second guilty verdict in six months on narcotics charges.

Thai Media Restrictions Raise Freedom of Expression Concerns

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand implemented new regulations on Friday that appeared to broaden the government's ability to restrict media reports and social media posts about the coronavirus pandemic, raising immediate concerns that authorities will seek to stifle criticism.
A group of migrant workers left abandoned in front of a factory in Samut Prakan province on Dec. 22, 2020.

2 Men Charged for Dumping Migrant Workers on Roadside

SAMUT SAKHON — Two people were slapped with criminal charges for driving a group of migrant workers from the epicenter of the country’s latest outbreak and leaving them to fend for themselves on the roadside outside Bangkok.

Pro-Democracy Activists ‘Penguin’ and ‘Ammy’ Released on Bail

BANGKOK (AP) — Two jailed leaders of a student-led pro-democracy movement that attracted both support and controversy last year when it called for reform of Thailand’s monarchy were released Tuesday after repeated requests for bail.
Forensic officials inspect the scene of fatal shootings on Ta We mountain in Narathiwat province on Dec. 17, 2019.

Army Admits Killing 3 Unarmed Civilians in Deep South Raid

NARATHIWAT — The military on Wednesday promised that it would investigate the killings of three civilians by security officers who reportedly mistook them as armed militants in the Deep South.

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