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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

Somchai Jutikitdet, right, in blue shirt, during the police raid of his home in Rayong City on Feb. 11, 2021.

Cops Say Owner of Casino in Virus Outbreak Arrested, 2 Months Later

RAYONG — Police on Thursday said they arrested the owner of a gambling den responsible for a major coronavirus cluster in the eastern region – nearly two months after the outbreak began.
Mr. Tharatit na Pattalung, 33, pointed at his car, which was damaged by an American visitor. 

A Hallucinating American Visitor Smashes a Thai Man’s Car

A Thai man was stunned to witness an American man abruptly smash his car with a brick in front of Phuket's hotel.

Sister of Abducted Activist to Visit Cambodia for Investigation

BANGKOK — The elder sister of exiled activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, who went missing in Phnom Penh in June, said she will try to visit Cambodia in person and continue an investigation into his fate, since she’s given up any hope on government actions.
Prasittichai Khaokaew is escorted by police commandos to a police station in Lopburi on Jan. 22, 2020.

Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty for Lopburi Robber

BANGKOK — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for a school director convicted of murdering three people in a gold store robbery in 2020.

Rubber Farmer Shot Dead in Songkhla

BANGKOK — Police say a rubber farmer has been shot dead in the southern Thai province of Sonkhla, in the latest attack in a region that has been in the grip of an ethnic Malay Muslim insurgency for over a decade.

1,300 Homes Razed by Tropical Storm Sinlaku, PM Orders Help

BANGKOK (Xinhua) — Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) on Tuesday reported that tropical storm Sinlaku has swept through the north and northeast of Thailand, bringing downpours and floods to over 1,300 households in 10 provinces.
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Monks Injured in Bangkok Temple Fire

BANGKOK — A fire broke out late last night in a temple in the capital’s southwest, leaving several of its monks injured. Firefighters managed to...

Coup Anniversary: Activists Blocked From Hanging Banners

BANGKOK — A group of activists said they were detained by the police on Friday afternoon for trying to put up banners denouncing the military coup that took place on this day 6 years ago.

Thailand’s Pledge to End Death Penalty in Doubt

BANGKOK — Uncertainty is looming over Thailand’s commitment to abolish the death penalty in light of massive public support for capital punishment.
A customs official displays one of 136 seized illegal pangolins at a 2017 news conference at the Customs Department headquarters in Bangkok. Photo: Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press

Hong Kong Makes Record Seizure of Pangolin Scales, Ivory

HONG KONG — Hong Kong customs officers have intercepted a record 8.3 tons of pangolin scales and hundreds of elephant tusks worth more than...

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