Crime, Courts, Calamity

LONDON — A Thai tennis player has been banned 18 months and fined USD$5,000 (178, 000 baht) for betting on the sport.

ANG THONG — Police have arrested a monk in Ang Thong province after he was identified as the operator of a website that posts hidden-camera footage of women using the toilet.

KRABI - A motorist is under arrest on suspicion of attacking a police officer with a knife after he was fined for illegally parking near a police box in Krabi province.

CHONBURI — A crazed, knife-wielding man broke into a stranger’s condominium room in South Pattaya early this morning, only to lock himself in the restroom and tell police he’s a friend of God.

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(4 November) Rescue workers have discovered the remains of the ferry ship which has capsized off the coast in Pattaya on Sunday, killing at least six passengers and severely injuring 15 more, many of them foreign tourists.

CHONBURI — More than 100 people have been arrested for participating in an illegal football betting ring, police say.

BANGKOK — Two executives from the contractor blamed for a deadly gas leak at SCB Park Plaza were charged today in connection with the incident that left eight people dead.

(13 November) A wholesale firecrackers shop in Pathum Thani province has burned down after fireworks stored in the shop caught fire, police said.

(10 April) The police have released CCTV footage of the murder of a taxi driver who was shot dead following a fistfight in Bangkok earlier this week.