Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — The Thai government's policy of allowing boats of migrants in Thai waters to continue to a third country is illegal and indirectly supports the human trafficking trade, according to a member of the Lawyer Council of Thailand.

NAKHON PATHOM — A 41-year-old man in Nakhon Pathom province has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another man dead during a heated argument about Thailand’s new constitution.

NARATHIWAT — A group of gunmen attacked a military checkpoint in the southern border-province of Narathiwat last night, Thai police say.

SA KAEO — A dozen rounds were fired at the house of a former Yellowshirt activist in Sa Kaeo province yesterday morning.

BANGKOK — Thai police went undercover as foreign tourists to arrest 22 people participating in the notorious Grand Palace scam in Bangkok.

CHONBURI - Police say they have arrested two foreign men who allegedly detained a French businessman in Chonburi province and forced him to pay ransom money.

SURAT THANI — Police say a 64-year-old Australian man was injured in an assassination attempt in Surat Thani province today.

SONGKHLA — Nine more suspects have been arrested by police in an ongoing crackdown on human trafficking operations in southern Thailand that began three weeks ago.

BANGKOK — The prison sentence of a Yellowshirt activist who attempted to run over a group of police officers in 2008 was reduced by 30 years today.

BANGKOK — Police say they have arrested a man who vandalized a granite entrance sign in front of the Royal Thai Police headquarters during anti-government protests in Bangkok sixteen months ago.