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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

Aunties vs Markets: Vendors Strike Back

BANGKOK — Days after victory was declared by a family against the illegal markets surrounding their mansion, the vendors were back Sunday to sell on the sidewalk in front of their home.

TAT’s New Plan Hopes To Attract More Tourists Amid COVID-19

BANGKOK (Xinhua) — The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Tuesday rolled out its 2021 Tourism Plan, targeting healthy tourists from across the world as the country tried to stem imported COVID-19 cases.
Supporters give flowers to British human rights activist Andy Hall in 2016 at the Supreme Court in Bangkok. Photo: Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press

Thai Court Finds British Labor Activist Defamed Fruit Firm

BANGKOK — A court in the Thai capital has ordered a British labor rights activist to pay 10 million baht (USD$321,000) in damages to a company that filed a civil defamation suit after he helped expose alleged human rights violations at its factory.

Kanchanaburi Police Arrest Indian Man Who Killed Thai Lover in Bangkok

Police investigators sought an Indian man suspected of murdering a Thai woman in a Bangkok hotel before fleeing to Kanchanaburi

Foreigners Accused of Drowning Dog in Pattaya Sought by Police

PATTAYA — Police said Wednesday they don’t expect to find two women who allegedly drowned a dog at Jomtien Beach.

Missing Football Team Known For Adventures Together

The members of the Wild Boars are a team on and off the football field, traveling to competitions, cycling mountain roads and swimming in waterfalls together.

Isaan Flood Update: Gov’t Dinner Party Cancelled, Donation Race Begins

BANGKOK — Government leaders and TV personalities on Tuesday are soliciting donations to assist those affected by ongoing floods in the northeast that have claimed at least 30 lives.
A still from CCTV footage showing the suspect during the heist on Jan. 9, 2020.

Chakthip Says 1 Detained Over Deadly Heist, But Cops Won’t Discuss It

LOPBURI — Police officials on Monday won’t comment on the national police chief’s announcement that one person was questioned in connection with an armed robbery that left three people dead two weeks ago.

Rescuers Battle Rising Waters in Flooded Cave

CHIANG RAI — Teams on a mission to rescue 13 young lives inside the northern Luang Nang Non cave are contending with near-continuous rainfall flooding the complex.

Bank Security Guard Threatens Australian Man With Gun in Pattaya



PATTAYA — A security guard confessed to threatening an Australian man with a gun, because the man had parked on bank property Monday afternoon.

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