Crime, Courts, Calamity

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre
Reuters

BANGKOK — The trial of 92 suspected human traffickers, arrested after the discovery of shallow graves of migrants in the jungle, began in Bangkok on Tuesday and the attorney-general's office said it would be over within a year amid fears about the safety of witnesses.

SAMUI — An angry mob gathered at a police station on Koh Samui last night because they believed officers released a Myanmar man who raped a young girl.

(3 March) The community of Baan Mai Samakkhee Tham in Nakhon Ratchasima are still reeling from the horrific school bus accident which has killed at least 15 people.

AMNAT CHAROEN — A woman in Northeastern Thailand is suffering from severe burns after her husband scorched her with boiling water when she refused to buy him more alcohol.

PHUKET — A 21-year-old British man shot himself to death at a shooting range in Phuket province yesterday, police say.

BANGKOK — A man accused of shooting three people dead over a parking dispute turned himself in to police Tuesday night.

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(18 December) A 50 year old woman has been put into coma by a billboard which has fallen on her as she was waiting for bus at a bus stop in Pathumthani province.

CHIANG RAI — Top officials have insisted that a series of earthquakes in northern Thailand have not damaged major dams in the region.

BANGKOK — Police are investigating whether a Japanese man who fathered at least 13 babies with surrogate mothers in Thailand is involved in a human trafficking operation.