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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

Officials Say Prison Cameras Were Hacked, Broadcast on YouTube

BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in Thailand say they are investigating an apparent online break-in by a computer hacker that allowed him to broadcast surveillance video from inside a prison in the country’s south.

Fake Pumpkin Seeds Give Farmers Real-Life Halloween Scare

PHAYAO — The northern province of Phayao will be denied plump jack-o-lanterns this month after dozens of farmers said they were been conned into...
Police lead suspects in the attack on a Bangkok temple school Tuesday out of the Bang Khun Thian police station.

Officials to Sue Bangkok Temple School Raiders for 700,000 Baht

BANGKOK — The Education Ministry said Wednesday it would sue the men who raided a school near a Bangkok temple for more than 700,000 baht compensation in rescheduling university admission tests.

The Seized 2,700-Room Properties Cannot Be Sold

In the last two or three years, police have been constantly investigating Chinese money laundering gangs and Thai online gambling cases, resulting in an...
Rescued tourists from a boat that sank are helped onto a pier from a fishing boat Thursday on Phuket. Photo: Associated Press

Search Resumes for 23 Missing Tourists in Boat Tragedy

PHUKET — Divers who entered the wreck of a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern resort island of Phuket described heart-breaking scenes of bodies of children found in the arms of their mothers, as a search resumed Saturday for some 23 mostly Chinese tourists missing.

Police Facilitating Jackson Wang Wait For Investigation

Nine police officers who were transferred from the Immigration Division Suvarnabhumi on July 19 in response to allegations that they facilitated Jackson Wang, a...

Cops Reject Gun-Brandishing Soldier’s Plea for Forgiveness

AMNAT CHAROEN — Police said Monday they would not drop legal proceedings against an air force officer who pulled a gun on a rock star as he performed on stage last week.

Immigration Police Arrest Both Europeans and Asians in 5 Cases

Immigration Bureau commissioner Pol Lt. Gen. Pakphumpipat Sajjaphan and Chonburi Police officials hold a press conference on July 6 at Long Beach Garden Hotel...

Suspected Killers of Disabled Man Related to Police

BANGKOK — Four of the six men accused of attacking and killing a disabled man on Sunday morning outside a bakery at Chokchai Soi 4 are related to police officers.

Man Lies to Police about Stolen Money After Treating Lover to Evade Wife

UDON THANI — A man was charged with filing a false police report Friday for trying to fool his wife into thinking he had been robbed after using the money to treat his secret lover.

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