Crime, Courts, Calamity

PHANG NGA — A man was shot dead by police after 21 Rohingya men escaped from a detention center in southern Thailand early Monday morning.

By Teeranai Charuvastra
Staff Reporter

CHIANG MAI — A businessman in Chiang Mai province was arrested today for firing a handgun to threaten other motorists from his BMW on Saturday night – an incident captured on video and posted online.

(17 October) A group of residents of Minburi district have demanded that the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) suspend its boat route along Saen Saeb Canal in the district due to the damage caused to the canal′s banks.

BANGKOK — A rights activist and key witness in a court case against the director of Kaeng Krachan Park has disappeared, his family says.

BANGKOK – The chairman of Thailand's military junta said authorities are investigating two soldiers who were arrested yesterday for allegedly smuggling illegal alcohol near the Thai - Malaysian border.

CHONBURI — A transgender woman is facing prosecution under Thailand's newly-passed animal protection law for allegedly kicking a cat in the resort town of Pattaya this morning.

PATTANI — The commander of Thailand's southern border police has formally apologized for a raid on a village in Pattani province that killed four men whose ties to a local secessionist group remain unclear.

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

BANGKOK — Junta chairman and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha addressed the nation at 3pm today, two hours after a second bomb attack targeting tourists hit the Thai capital.

BANGKOK — A reporter from Hong Kong charged with possessing body armor was released on bail today and has been forbidden from leaving the kingdom.