Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK – Two homemade explosives were set off near one of Thailand's largest shopping malls in downtown Bangkok Sunday night, police say.

BANGKOK — Police say those behind the robbery spree that targeted students in downtown Bangkok this past week are not technical students as they claimed to be when demanding money from victims.

BANGKOK — The former commander of Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau and his deputy have been sentenced to six years in prison for insulting the Crown Prince and running an illegal casino.

CHONBURI — Police in Chonburi province are conducting raids and deploying reinforcements in the streets following an unusually high number of crimes in the past two days.

BANGKOK — Police are on the alert after shots were fired at a technical college in Bangkok's financial district, which police suspect to be an instance of gang warfare.

CHONBURI — More than 20 Thai staff at a go-cart arena in the resort town of Pattaya assaulted four Kuwaiti tourists because of a "miscommunication" last night, police say.

BANGKOK — The Criminal Court has sentenced a prominent Redshirt leader to two years in prison for falsely accusing former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of "murdering" protesters in 2009.

BANGKOK — A European tourist was hospitalized after being hit in the head with a beer bottle in Bangkok's historic quarter yesterday afternoon, police say.

CHIANG RAI — A car and electric pole in Chiang Rai province were damaged by a sky lantern filled with homemade explosives today.

SURAT THANI — The mayor of Koh Tao island, where a 23-year-old British tourist was found dead last week, has accused British media of damaging the island's reputation with spurious and negative news coverage.