Crime, Courts, Calamity

PRACHUAP KIRI KHAN - A man arrested for prank calling an emergency hotline has been released after police determined he didn't make the calls intentionally.

CHIANG MAI – The chairman of a local administrative agency in Chiang Mai province has been arrested for taking out a gun during a budget meeting yesterday.

BANGKOK — The parents of former princess Srirasmi confessed to charges of defaming the Thai monarchy today, reversing their earlier pleas of innocence.

BANGKOK — The parents of former princess Srirasmi have been sent to await trial in jail after they confessed to charges of defaming the Thai monarchy today, reversing their earlier pleas of innocence.

SURAT THANI - A 22-year-old Burmese man was found dead on the southern island of Koh Samui this morning, less than a week after his cousin was murdered on the same island.

CHONBURI — A foreign tourist was allegedly attacked with brass knuckles in the resort town of Pattaya early this morning because he refused to buy weed from a dealer, police say.

NAKHON PATHOM — The 35-year-old man who was arrested and accused of raping more than ten women yesterday says he was bullied into making a false confession by police.

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — A 36-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly scattering screws on a main road in Hua Hin in an effort to bring more business to her husband’s tire repair shop.

BANGKOK — A man who "confessed" to raping at least ten women in western Thailand was released from police custody today after a DNA test cleared him of a connection to the crimes.

SURAT THANI — Three Burmese workers were arrested on suspicion of murdering a 22-year-old Burmese woman on the southern island of Koh Samui on Sunday night.