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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

Man Accused of BTS Up-Skirt Perving



BANGKOK — A BTS security guard caught a man allegedly using a hidden camera to take photos up women’s skirts on the Skytrain last night.
Gov. Veerasak Vijitsaengsri and his family pose during a news conference at Siriraj Hospital on Mar. 19, 2021.

Samut Sakhon Governor Recovers from COVID-19

BANGKOK— The Governor of the province at the center of a new wave of COVID-19 outbreak walked out of the hospital Friday after spending nearly three months battling the infection.
Jiratpisit Jaravijit, at right, with his father Suwit Jaravijit and mother Lertchatkamol Jaravijit on Monday at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok.

Police Implicate Actor’s Parents in Bilking Finn of ‘Bitcoin’

The authorities this week are stepping up their investigation of a financial scam involving the alleged theft of bitcoins from ...

A 100,000-baht Reward Is Being Set To Find An Escaped Prisoner

A bounty was issued by the Department of Corrections on October 22 in an attempt to catch Chaowalit Thongduang, a 37-year-old prisoner suspected of...
A woman is discharged from a state quarantine facility in Bangkok on April 16, 2020.

3 Thais in State Quarantine Infected, No New Deaths

BANGKOK — Three people quarantined upon returning from overseas tested positive for the coronavirus, the government announced Tuesday.

Thailand Aims at Pandemic Risks by Fighting Wildlife Trade

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand is ramping up efforts to curb trade in wildlife to help reduce the risk of future pandemics, officials said Thursday, though it was unclear whether that would mean an end to all such sales in the wildlife trafficking hub.

Police Dubious About Man’s ATM Abduction-by-Cop Story

BANGKOK — A man alleges he was abducted, assaulted and robbed of 80,000 baht by men wearing police vests early Tuesday morning northern Bangkok, a story that police are not fully buying.

Arrested Man 'Matches' Yellow-Shirted Bangkok Bomber

BANGKOK — A man taken into custody in eastern Thailand today "matches the appearance" of the yellow-shirted man seen in CCTV footage leaving a backpack at the Erawan Shrine minutes before a bomb detonated there, killing 20 people.

Defamation Trial of Student Activist’s Mother Begins

BANGKOK — Testimony began Friday in the trial of a prominent student dissident's mother who faces up to 20 years in prison for writing the word "yeah" in a Facebook conversation about the country's monarchy.

Wrist-Slap for Bangkok Shop’s Illegal Fireworks Hoard

BANGKOK — For illegally stockpiling more than 120 tons of fireworks just down the road from Bangkok’s City Hall, a company is facing a hefty fine of 1,000 baht, police said Thursday.

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