Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — Approximately 70,000 people have been tested for coronavirus in Thailand so far, health officials said on Tuesday, the same day they reported one more fatality claimed by the virus.

CHONBURI — Police say they are looking for a foreigner who stole more than 200,000 baht from a currency exchange office in the beach town of Pattaya last night.

CHONBURI — Police have arrested the son of a prominent businessman for racing a sports car with friends yesterday morning in Pattaya, a popular resort town south of Bangkok.

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Pairat Temphairojana
Reuters

BANGKOK — Lawyers filed an appeal on Monday against the conviction of two Myanmar migrant workers sentenced to death in Thailand for the 2014 murder of two British backpackers on a holiday island, another twist in a case mired in controversy and dispute.

BANGKOK — The Anti-Money Laundering Office said Tuesday said it has seized assets from a woman who allegedly embezzled 56 million baht from a royal charity.

BANGKOK - Officers from the Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) and Immigration Police arrested Mr. Fabian, a 40-year-old Nigerian national, and other suspects from various...

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.

BANGKOK — Posting April Fool’s Day jokes related to the coronavirus would result in criminal prosecution on charges of cybercrime, a national police spokesman warned.

BANGKOK — Migrant rights activist Andy Hall was found guilty Tuesday of defaming a fruit company in a 2013 report for a Finnish NGO on abuse of its workers.

KANCHANABURI — Wildlife officials were surprised to discover two tigers previously unknown to them inside the Tiger Temple compound today, along with revelations of jars containing dead baby tigers labeled as energy drinks.