Crime, Courts, Calamity

SONGKHLA — Police say they are investigating the death of a 15-year-old student who died during boy scout training at a military camp in the southern province of Songkhla.

UDON THANI — A "gang" of British men allegedly assaulted two French men in front of a bar in Udon Thani province early this morning.

CHIANG RAI - A bus carrying tourists from South Korea crashed into an oncoming pick-up truck in Chiang Rai province this morning, killing one person and injuring 16.

CHONBURI — A foreign tourist attempted suicide in a bar in Pattaya this morning after he saw his ex-girlfriend with another man, police say.

SURAT THANI — A senior police officer has insisted that the 23-year-old British tourist who died on the southern island of Koh Tao this week was not murdered.

CHONBURI — Three Chinese tourists and their Thai guide were allegedly assaulted by a group of illegal Chinese guides in the outskirts of Pattaya early this morning.

SURAT THANI — A 23-year-old British tourist was found dead yesterday on the southern island of Koh Tao, where two British backpackers were brutally murdered last September.

BANGKOK — The motorist who allegedly shot and killed a stray dog in Bangkok last week surrendered himself to police today.

BANGKOK — Khaosod newspaper has been acquitted of libel charges filed by Buddha Issara, an ultra-royalist Buddhist monk who led protests against the former government last year.

BANGKOK — Thailand's Supreme Court has sentenced a state employee to three years in prison for filing a false rape charge against a former Cabinet member.