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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

TV Celebrity Sorayuth Gets 13 Years for Embezzling Ad Revenue



BANGKOK — One of the nation’s most recognizable television personalities today was sentenced to 13 years in prison for cheating a state-owned channel of more than 138 million baht in advertisement revenue a decade ago.

Evac Plane Leaves for Wuhan; Anutin Not Onboard

BANGKOK — A plane dispatched by the Thai government is en route to China’s Wuhan on Tuesday morning to evacuate Thai nationals stranded in the locked down city.

Simian Park: New Habitat Built to House Stray Monkeys

SATUN — A massive enclosure looking like something out of Jurassic Park will be a new home for some 1,000 monkeys right in the middle of a park in Satun province.

Donations for Victims of Korat Killings Top 23 Million Baht

BANGKOK (Xinhua) — Cash donations and funds raised to assist victims of Thailand's weekend mass shooting have reached up to 23 million baht (735,764 U.S. dollars), said Nakhon Ratchasima governor Wichian Chantharanothai, on Tuesday.

DMK Expects 4,000 Pax This Long Weekend, Down From Usual 100,000

BANGKOK — Officials at Don Mueang Airport on Thursday said only 4,000 people will be traveling per day during the four-day holidays this weekend.

Thailand Charges More Activists With Sedition, Royal Insults

BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand charged 18 pro-democracy activists with sedition on Monday, while lodging additional charges of insulting the monarchy against three of them.
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Thai Woman Arrested for Stealing Money From a Turkish Visitor She Met on Dating...

PATTAYA - On November 25, tourist police arrested a 38-year-old Thai woman, Miss Nam, who stole a Turkish visitor she met through a dating...

Inquiry Over Faulty Parachutes That Killed 2 Cops Going Nowhere: Lawyer

BANGKOK — Families of police cadets Nattawut Tirasuwansuk and Chayakorn Puttachaiyong watched in horror as the pair plunged to their deaths during a parachute training exercise that went horribly wrong two years ago.
Premchai Karnasuta, far left, sits in the campsite where he was found on Feb. 5 with the remains of a leopard, panther and other wildlife in the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi province.

Date Set For ‘Black Panther’ Poaching Verdict

BANGKOK — One year after a construction tycoon and three of his associates were arrested on poaching charges, the verdict for his court case was given after final arguments were heard Friday.

Flooding Hits Phetchaburi City as Crisis Continues

PHETCHABURI — Ankle-deep floodwaters overran central markets in Phetchaburi city Tuesday, as officials scramble to issue nationwide warnings and respond to rain-driven disasters. Downtown Phetchaburi...

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