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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

Macaques Invade House During 4-Day Songkran Vacation

SONGKHLA​ — One unlucky house owner came home after the Songkran break to find a barrel of gibbons monkeying around at his property Monday.
Security officers question a woman and check her temperature in Ratchaburi province on Sep. 6, 2020, in an anti-coronavirus measure that mostly targets migrant workers.

No Virus Found on Those in Contact With Infected Inmate

BANGKOK — No coronavirus infection has been found among those who had been in close contact with a prisoner who tested positive in the country’s first confirmed case of local transmission in 100 days, officials said Monday.

Hiso Apologizes for Hitting Half-Black Actor With a Bottle

PATTAYA — Police are investigating Monday reports that a half-black Thai celebrity who was hit in the face with a bottle at a nightclub in Pattaya by a socialite.

Boss Red Bull: Panel Names 8 Groups as Conspirators

BANGKOK — The head of a committee investigating alleged misconducts over the handling of Red Bull heir’s hit-and-run charges said on Friday individuals in eight different parties were implicated in the wrongdoing.

Gov’t Reports 1st Local Coronavirus Case in 100 Days

BANGKOK (AP) — A prison inmate in Thailand has tested positive for the coronavirus in the country’s first confirmed locally transmitted case in 100 days, health officials said Thursday.
A woman takes a swab test for the coronavirus at a mobile testing unit in front of Laem Thong Department Store on July 14, 2020.

Jail in Lockdown After Prisoner Found With Coronavirus

BANGKOK — An inmate at Khlong Prem Prison tested positive for the coronavirus in what officials described Thursday as the Kingdom’s first case of local infection in 100 days.

Bail Revoked for Reform Protest Leader Arnon

Update: Panupong Jadnok is still also jailed after refusing to file for bail. BANGKOK — The court on Thursday...
Police pose with confiscated marijuana on Sept. 3, 2020.

Party’s Over, Folks! Police Raid Pot Farm on Koh Phangan

SURAT THANI — Police on Thursday said they are looking for those responsible for an illicit marijuana farm on a popular tourist island of Phangan.

Covid Disruption: Gov’t to Reduce Living Costs, Promote Jobs

BANGKOK (Xinhua) — The Thai government's newly formed Center for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) said on Wednesday that its first priority in rebooting the economy is to reduce the cost of living, promote consumption and employment for new graduates.

Officials Weigh on Proposal to Move Khon Kaen Democracy Monument

KHON KAEN — Police in Khon Kaen province said Wednesday they have not yet decided whether to act on a woman’s demands to relocate its iconic Democracy Monument.

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