Crime, Courts, Calamity

CHONBURI - An intoxicated Dutch tourist was arrested in the resort town of Pattaya last night after assaulting several waitresses and a police officer.

By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer

BANGKOK — A university gardener who shot his fellow employee to death Friday, did it out of anger resulting from being looked down on, said a police investigator. He added that the man could face the face death penalty.

BANGKOK — A Court of Appeals has upheld the ten year jail sentence handed down to Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, the former editor of a pro-Redshirt magazine who has been accused of insulting the monarchy.

BANGKOK — The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has agreed to give more than 5 million baht to a woman who was raped on a train by one of the company’s employee thirteen years ago.

BANGKOK (DPA) - Thai customs bureau confiscated 29.5 kilograms of elephant ivory at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, reports said Saturday.

(25 March) Faulty brakes are said to be the cause the charted bus accident in Tak province which killed more than 30 people.

CHONBURI — A Russian man died on his way to a hospital in Pattaya last night after a hotel worker found him severely beaten outside of his hotel room.

BANGKOK — Police extracted a stolen diamond from a Chinese tourist who swallowed the gem, officials said Monday.

BANGKOK — A Bangkok man is fighting to get himself convicted of sexually abusing a child five years after he says his brother was made a scapegoat and imprisoned for the crime.

LAMPANG — Police have arrested a 19-year-old man who allegedly smashed more than 50 figurines at a local shrine dedicated to an ancient Thai king in Lampang province while he was intoxicated.