Crime

SAMUT PRAKAN — More than 1,000 tourists arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Tuesday, ready to spend six days in Japan during the Songkran holidays.

BANGKOK — Police said Tuesday they are looking for more animal traffickers after a woman was arrested for possessing and selling slow lorises from her eastern Bangkok home.

NARATHIWAT — A man and his son were arrested early Friday morning for attempting to facilitate the smuggling of 27 Burmese Muslims to Malaysia.

BANGKOK — National park officials said Wednesday they are hunting for poachers who have been showing off their illegal kills and trading protecting species online.

BANGKOK — A senior Justice Ministry official said the regime remains committed to enacting legislation against torture and enforced disappearance despite belief the bill died recently in a subcommittee.

PHUKET — A British man was arrested Friday on suspicion of preying on other foreign tourists to accumulate a hoard of stolen goods at his island residence.

BANGKOK — Need a university degree? Want to buy some gems? There were 75 fewer forgers and touts asking those questions Wednesday after the crackdown pendulum once again swung in their direction.

PATTAYA — The case of a Swedish tourist’s stolen motorbike took a surprising U-turn Friday afternoon with police insisting the man simply forgot where he parked the bike.

BANGKOK —A 50-year-old engineer who shot a 17-year-old student dead over a parking conflict begged out of a planned meeting with the authorities Friday. Suthep...

BANGKOK — Prosecutors will recommend that activist Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksaup be tried for lese majeste law and violating the Computer Crime Act, an activist involved in his defense said Thursday.