Crime, Courts, Calamity

BANGKOK — A photographer reportedly encountered a decomposing body while he was exploring an abandoned skyscraper in Bangkok yesterday.

CHONBURI — A songthaew driver in Pattaya was reportedly shot by a pair of teenagers who robbed a foreign tourist early this morning.

PATTAYA — A 27-year-old Russian man used Thai boxing moves to fight off a gang of robbers who attacked him and his girlfriend in Pattaya last night, police say.

BANGKOK (DPA) — A Thai court indicted a pair of Myanmar suspects on Thursday for the murder of two British tourists, an official said.

BANGKOK — An 43-year-old energy tycoon involved in the high-profile corruption scandal among Thailand’s top law enforcers has fled the country, police say.

BANGKOK — A former Pheu Thai MP was sentenced to 30 months in prison today after a criminal court found him guilty of offending Thailand’s royal family.

BANGKOK – A Koh Samui court has approved prosecutors' sixth request to extend the detention of two Burmese men accused of murdering British tourists in southern Thailand in September.

BANGKOK (DPA) - One volunteer rescue worker died when rival ambulance squads brawled on the streets of Bangkok early Monday, officials said.

CHONBURI - Two Thai suspects are under arrest on the suspicion of belong to a thief gang that allegedly preys on foreign tourists in the resort town of Pattaya.

NARATHIWAT - Police say a roadside bomb planted by separatist insurgents has wounded two bodyguards who were escorting a group of teachers to their school in Narathiwat province today.