Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — When someone found documents online showing officials bought Government House microphones for 140,000 baht each, he took his complaint to the National Anti-Corruption Commission, or NACC.

BANGKOK — A technician was fired from his job and behind bars Tuesday on suspicion of molesting a patient in a hospital X-Ray room.

BANGKOK — If you’re reading this between tissues and sneezes, you’re not alone.

PHUKET — A retired French soldier is due for a court appearance in Phuket province for firing a handgun during a fistfight with a Russian tourist on Tuesday, police said.

PATTAYA — A court has sentenced an Australian man to death for the murder of a countryman who was an alleged confederate in a drug smuggling gang.

GENEVA — In a rare statement on use of lese majeste in Thailand, a United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of expression called on the authorities to stop using the law as a political tool.

BANGKOK — A famous auto racer turned himself in Tuesday afternoon after the Narcotics Suppression Bureau sought him and three others for questioning as part of an inquiry into Thai links to an alleged Laotian drug lord.

PHUKET — Police on Tuesday said they will soon charge an Australian man for a jet ski collision that killed his girlfriend on the island of Phuket.

BANGKOK – An Australian woman died when the jet ski she was operating collided with one operated by her companion off Phuket, officials said Monday.

BANGKOK — Police said Monday they’re not sure why an internet celeb accused of crashing into eight cars while under influence of meth two months ago was allowed to take a test to regain her license to drive.