Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — Thailand's defense minister Prawit Wongsuwan described the army general who surrendered to police today on charges of human trafficking as a hard-working military officer.

BANGKOK — Police have issued the first arrest warrant for a Thai army officer in connection with a crackdown on human tracking that began one month ago.

CHIANG MAI — A 37-year-old woman in Chiang Mai has apologized to police for misrepresenting a video she posted on social media showing a police officer knock down a speeding motorcyclist.

KANCHANABURI — Police say two men are under arrest for raping a 19-year-old female British tourist in western Thailand earlier this week.

RANONG — Thai police reportedly rescued five Rohingya migrants from a sinking fishing boat near the Thai - Burmese border in Ranong province this morning, one day before Thailand will host an international summit on the humanitarian crisis posed by the thousands of migrants who have fled the Bay of Bengal this month.

BANGKOK – Police say they have arrested a public bus driver in Bangkok for driving under the influence of methamphetamine.

SONGKHLA — Malaysian police have requested passage into Thai territory to expand their search for graves belonging to migrants along the Thai-Malaysian border, Thai police say.

BANGKOK — Police say they have arrested the man responsible for spray painting two anarchy symbols on the entrance sign to the Criminal Court in Bangkok.

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.