Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — The alleged ringleader of a human trafficking operation in southern Thailand surrendered to police in Bangkok today after a week on the run.

CHONBURI — A German expat in Chonburi province went to police yesterday to complain that not only was someone impersonating him on Facebook but doing it to post insulting messages about the monarchy.

PATTANI — Two paramilitary rangers died in the southern border provinces Thursday night in a string of attacks that included bombs, shootings and an assault on the power grid.

BANGKOK — A Thai military court on Thursday delayed a decision on whether to prosecute a prominent historian and social critic who suggested that a famed duel on elephant-back won by a Thai king against a Burmese prince 500 years ago may not actually have happened.

HONG KONG (AP) — Police in Hong Kong filed murder charges against the former in-laws of a model, days after her body parts were...

BANGKOK — A fireman had to be treated for smoke inhalation Monday morning after a fire broke out at the Sampeng Market in Chinatown.

YALA — Police say five men have been shot dead in the southern province of Yala, the latest killings in a region plagued by insurgency for over a decade.

BANGKOK — Police on Monday declined to say whether they have identified the man who was filmed torching a prominent activist’s car over the weekend.

Four men convicted of beating three British tourists senseless during Thai New Year celebrations have been sentenced to two years in jail each.

BANGKOK — A prominent environment activist said his foundation will march cross country in support of prosecution of a billionaire accused of poaching a black panther in a protected forest last month.