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Crime, Courts, Calamity

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

Cop-Buffalo Showdown Enthralls Internet Because What?

SONGKHLA — A gun at his hip, police captain Puripan Suwannarat squared off against his adversary on a sunny afternoon. Despite favoring a long stick to his sidearm, he walked away from the duel standing – with a buffalo in tow.

Naresuan Seniors, Alumni Defend Muddy Hazing

PHITSANULOK — A ceremony, watched over by professors, sanctifies a wooden pole. Freshmen in white carry a heavy wooden pillar around the campus before...

Engine Malfunction Reported on Prayuth’s Plane

BANGKOK — An air force plane carrying junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha was forced to return to Bangkok for an emergency landing Thursday morning due to a reported mechanical problem.

Quake Swarm Damages 14 Homes in Thailand’s North

LAMPANG — At least 14 residences in the north sustained damage from more than two dozen quakes and tremors that struck between Wednesday and Thursday morning, officials said.
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, Future Forward Party leader, takes a selfie with supporters at a campaign rally Wednesday in Bangkok’s Siam Square.

Case Over Future Forward’s Junta Criticism Goes Forward

BANGKOK — A cybercrime case against the leader of the Future Forward Party will be handed over to prosecutors Friday, the party’s spokeswoman said.
A Slovenian man accused of destroying Phalang Pracharat Party’s campaign posters in Kalasin apologized to candidate Chalong Karalert, at left, in front of the damaged posters Monday at a police press briefing.

Lovesick Slovenian Destroys Pro-Junta Posters to Spite Girlfriend

KALASIN — A Slovenian man destroyed posters of the Phalang Pracharat Party to get back at his girlfriend for standing him up on Valentine’s Day to campaign for the party, police said.

Drunk Driver Sparks Blaze Incinerating Furniture Shop: Police

SONGKHLA — A car crashed into a furniture shop and sparked a massive fire that caused at least 80 million baht in damages early Monday morning, police said.
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522 Foreigners Got X-Ray Outlawed So Far This Month (Video)

BANGKOK — Police arrested more than 500 people in their sweep of foreigners violating immigration law this month. At 1am this morning, Immigration deputy police...
Image: Prasert Sae-ung / Facebook

Bangkok Biker Bowls Over Pedestrian With Temerity to Warn Him

BANGKOK — A man waits for a bus. Seeing a motorcycle trespass on the sidewalk, he warns the rider. Moments later, the bike returns and plows into his body, knocking him to the ground before speeding off.

Mukdahan Police Hunt for Escaped Uighur Refugees

MUKDAHAN — Police on Thursday were looking for four Uighurs refugees who escaped nearly three years of detention in Thailand’s northeast.

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