Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — A taxi driver was charged Wednesday morning with assault for allegedly beating another motorist with a steel pipe.

PATHUM THANI — The satellite channel of an influential Buddhist sect had yet to comply with an order to cease broadcasting Wednesday after it called for acolytes to gather in what police say is another bid to thwart the arrest of its fugitive abbot.

CHUMPHON — Severe floods continued to plague the south of Thailand on Wednesday, rendering a vital highway impassable to many vehicles while the death toll rose to at least 14 people.

PATTANI — Two shootings occurred Tuesday morning in the southern border province of Pattani killing three people.

BANGKOK — A 5-year-old girl was receiving counseling Monday after police rescued her from her mother who was filmed abusing her at their home.

BANGKOK — Flash floods in the south of Thailand have killed 11 people in recent days, disaster officials said, with rain continuing to fall Monday.

PATTAYA — An elderly French national fell to his death at Pattaya’s largest shopping mall Thursday night, according to police, who ruled it a suicide.

BANGKOK — Three men arrested for allegedly plotting bomb attacks in Bangkok were involved in the southern separatist movement, a senior police officer said Thursday.

CHIANG MAI — A television actor’s boyfriend and three private security guards blamed for the beating of the 23-year-old son of an army general in Chiang Mai were jailed Thursday morning.

BANGKOK — A Toyota truck burst into flames as it circled a roundabout Wednesday evening in northern Bangkok.